Matthew 13:22

13:22 The ¹  seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth ²  choke the word, ³  so it produces nothing.

Matthew 24:3

Signs of the End of the Age

24:3 As ⁴  he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things ⁵  happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

[13:22]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:22]  ² tn Grk “the deceitfulness of riches.” Cf. BDAG 99 s.v. ἀπάτη 1, “the seduction which comes from wealth.”

[13:22]  ³ sn That is, their concern for spiritual things is crowded out by material things.

[24:3]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:3]  ⁵ sn Because the phrase these things is plural, more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.