Luke 8:4
Douay-Rheims
And when a very great multitude was gathered together, and hastened out of the cities unto him, he spoke by a similitude.
Cyril of Alexandria
For when they enter the Church they gladly wait on the divine mysteries, but with infirmity of purpose. But when they leave the Church they forget the sacred discipline, and as long as Christians are undisturbed, their faith is lasting; but when persecution harasses, their heart fails them, for their faith was without root.
Source details
A.D. 444 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 8:4-15
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.