Mark 4:4-15 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.… We are taught to regard waste of all kinds as a great fault and sin. Wasted food, wasted money, wasted health, wasted time, wasted instruction, wasted opportunities of doing and receiving good; these, in their several ways, are all sins against God and our own souls. While we are young we are punished for them; when we are older we suffer for them; the consummation of them at last is the loss of the soul. But what I wish you to observe is that, sinful as waste of any kind is in us, there is in nature, in providence, in the spiritual world, a constant waste going on, suggesting much of anxious and painful wonder. (C. J. Vaughan, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.WEB: and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it. |
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