rapid and even spectacular results, but without being deeply rooted, so that the response is apparent rather than real, and, “when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.” A third class of hearers seemingly gives evidence of more permanent and solid results, “but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.” Only those who receive the seed of the word into “good