But he that received the seed in stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Now it is not the same thing for the doctrine to wither away, when no man is evil entreating, or disturbing its foundations, as when temptations press upon one. But they that are likened to the thorns, are much more inexcusable than these.