SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:19
Oyendo cualquiera la Palabra del Reino, y no entendindola, viene el Malo, y arrebata lo que fue sembrado en su corazn; ste es el que fue sembrado junto al camino.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:19
Verse 19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom] Viz. the preaching of the Gospel of Christ. And understandeth it not] mh sunientov, perhaps more properly, regardeth it not, does not lay his heart to it.
The wicked one] o ponhrov, from ponov, labour, toil, he who distresses and torments the soul. Mark, Mark iv. 15, calls him o satanav, the adversary or opposer, because he resists men in all their purposes of amendment, and, to the utmost of his power opposes, in order to frustrate, the influences of Divine grace upon the heart. In the parallel place in Luke, Luke viii. 12, he is called o diabolov, the devil, from diaballein, to shoot, or dart through. In allusion to this meaning of the name, St. Paul, Eph. vi. 16, speaks of the fiery DARTS of the wicked one. It is worthy of remark, that the three evangelists should use each a different appellative of this mortal enemy of mankind; probably to show that the devil, with all his powers and properties, opposes every thing that tends to the salvation of the soul.
Catcheth away] Makes the utmost haste to pick up the good seed, lest it should take root in the heart.
A careless inattentive hearer is compared to the way side-his heart is an open road, where evil affections, and foolish and hurtful desires, continually pass and repass, without either notice or restraint. "A heart where Satan has" (as one terms it) "ingress, egress, regress, and progress: in a word, the devil's thoroughfare."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom , etc.] Hence it appears, that by the seed in the parable is meant the Gospel, called the word of the kingdom: because it treats of the king Messiah, of his person, office, and grace; and of his kingdom, and the administration of it by him, under the present dispensation; of the kingdom of grace saints enjoy now, and of the kingdom of heaven they shall enter into hereafter, through the grace and righteousness of Christ. Now such a hearer of this word is here described, who hears it accidentally, and only externally; hears the sound of it with his ears, and understandeth it not with his heart. He is one that is careless and inattentive, negligent and forgetful; has some slight notions of things as he hears, but these pass away as they come; his affections are not at all touched, nor his judgment informed by them, but remains as stupid, and as unconcerned as ever; his heart is not opened to attend to, and receive the word, but continues hard and obdurate; and is like the common and beaten road, that is trodden down by everyone, and is not susceptible of the seed, that falls upon it. Then cometh the wicked one , Satan, the devil, ( Mark 4:15, Luke 8:12) who is, by way of eminency, so called, being the first creature that became wicked, and the worst that is so; who is entirely and immutably wicked; whose whole work and employment lies in wickedness; and who, was the original cause of the wickedness that is among men, and which he is continually instigating and promoting: so the Jews frequently call f789 Samael, by whom they mean the devil, Samael, [dh , the wicked. This evil spirit, as soon as ever he observes one hearing the word, especially that has not been used to attend, comes immediately, and, as he is hearing, catcheth away that which is sown in his heart : not the grace of God, which being once implanted in the heart, can never be taken away by Satan; but the word which was sown, not in his understanding, in a spiritual sense, nor even in his affections, so as to love it, delight, and take pleasure in it; much less in his heart, so as to become the engrafted word able to save, or so as to believe in it, and in Christ revealed by it; but in his memory, and that but very slightly neither; for the heart sometimes means the memory; (see Luke 2:51). Besides, the word only fell upon, not into his heart, as into the good ground, as the metaphor in the parable shows; and it made no impression, nor was it inwardly received, but as soon as ever dropped, was catched away by the enemy; not by frightening him out of it, by persecution, as the stony ground hearer; nor by filling the mind with worldly cares, as the thorny ground hearer; but by various suggestions and temptations, darting in thoughts, presenting objects, and so diverted his mind from the word, and fixed his attention elsewhere; which is done at once, at an unawares, secretly, and without any notice of the person himself; so that the word is entirely lost to him, and he does not so much as remember the least thing he has been hearing: this is he which receiveth the seed by the way side ; such an hearer is comparable to such ground, on whom the word has no more effect, than seed sown upon a common beaten path.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-23 - Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outwar circumstances of worship not to covet that which is stately, but to make the best of the conveniences God in his providence allots to us Christ taught in parables. Thereby the things of God were made mor plain and easy to those willing to be taught, and at the same time mor difficult and obscure to those who were willingly ignorant. The parabl of the sower is plain. The seed sown is the word of God. The sower in our Lord Jesus Christ, by himself, or by his ministers. Preaching to multitude is sowing the corn; we know not where it will light. Some sort of ground, though we take ever so much pains with it, brings fort no fruit to purpose, while the good soil brings forth plentifully. S it is with the hearts of men, whose different characters are her described by four sorts of ground. Careless, trifling hearers, are a easy prey to Satan; who, as he is the great murderer of souls, so he is the great thief of sermons, and will be sure to rob us of the word, i we take not care to keep it. Hypocrites, like the stony ground, ofte get the start of true Christians in the shows of profession. Many ar glad to hear a good sermon, who do not profit by it. They are told of free salvation, of the believer's privileges, and the happiness of heaven; and, without any change of heart, without any abidin conviction of their own depravity, their need of a Saviour, or the excellence of holiness, they soon profess an unwarranted assurance. But when some heavy trial threatens them, or some sinful advantage may be had, they give up or disguise their profession, or turn to some easie system. Worldly cares are fitly compared to thorns, for they came i with sin, and are a fruit of the curse; they are good in their place to stop a gap, but a man must be well armed that has much to do with them they are entangling, vexing, scratching, and their end is to be burned Heb 6:8. Worldly cares are great hinderances to our profiting by the word of God. The deceitfulness of riches does the mischief; they cannot be said to deceive us unless we put our trust in them, then they chok the good seed. What distinguished the good ground was fruitfulness. But these true Christians are distinguished from hypocrites. Christ does no say that this good ground has no stones in it, or no thorns; but non that could hinder its fruitfulness. All are not alike; we should aim a the highest, to bring forth most fruit. The sense of hearing cannot be better employed than in hearing God's word; and let us look to ourselves that we may know what sort of hearers we are.
Greek Textus Receptus
παντος 3956 A-GSM ακουοντος 191 5723 V-PAP-GSM τον 3588 T-ASM λογον 3056 N-ASM της 3588 T-GSF βασιλειας 932 N-GSF και 2532 CONJ μη 3361 PRT-N συνιεντος 4920 5723 V-PAP-GSM ερχεται 2064 5736 V-PNI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM πονηρος 4190 A-NSM και 2532 CONJ αρπαζει 726 5719 V-PAI-3S το 3588 T-ASN εσπαρμενον 4687 5772 V-RPP-ASN εν 1722 PREP τη 3588 T-DSF καρδια 2588 N-DSF αυτου 846 P-GSM ουτος 3778 D-NSM εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM παρα 3844 PREP την 3588 T-ASF οδον 3598 N-ASF σπαρεις 4687 5651 V-2APP-NSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
19. When any one heareth. The rendering would be made even more graphic by preserving the continuous force of the present tense, as exhibiting action in progress, and the simultaneousness of Satan's work with that of the gospel instructor. "While any one is hearing, the evil one is coming and snatching away, just as the birds do not wait for the sower to be out of the way, but are at work while he is sowing.He which received seed (o spareiv). Lit., and much better, Rev., He that was sown; identifying the seed of the figure with the man signified.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
13:19 {When anyone heareth} (pantos akouontos). Genitive absolute and present participle, "while everyone is listening and not comprehending" (m sunientos), "not putting together" or "not grasping." Perhaps at that very moment Jesus observed a puzzled look on some faces.
{Cometh the evil one and snatcheth away} (ercetai ho poneros kai harpazei). The birds pick up the seeds while the sower sows. The devil is busy with his job of snatching or seizing like a bandit or rogue the word of the kingdom before it has time even to sprout. How quickly after the sermon the impression is gone. " this is he" (houtos estin). Matthew, like Mark, speaks of the people who hear the words as the seed itself. That creates some confusion in this condensed form of what Jesus actually said, but the real point is clear. {The seed sown in his heart} (to esparmenon en ti kardiai autou, perfect passive participle of speirw, to sow) and "the man sown by the wayside" (ho para tn hodon spareis, aorist passive participle, along the wayside) are identified. The seed in the heart is not of itself responsible, but the man who lets the devil snatch it away.
