{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“And from the third mountain, which had thorns and\r\nthistles, they who believed are the following. There are\r\nsome of them rich, and others immersed in much business.\r\nThe thistles are the rich, and the thorns are they who are\r\nimmersed in much business. Those, [accordingly, who are\r\nentangled in many various kinds of business, do not<a id=\"r1765\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1765\"><sup>[1765]</sup></a>] cleave\r\nto the servants of God, but wander away, being choked by\r\ntheir business transactions; and the rich cleave with difficulty\r\nto the servants of God, fearing lest these should ask something\r\nof them. Such persons, accordingly, shall have difficulty in\r\nentering into the kingdom of God. For as it is disagreeable\r\nto walk among thistles with naked feet, so also it is hard for\r\nsuch to enter the kingdom of God.<a id=\"r1766\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1766\"><sup>[1766]</sup></a> But to all these repentance,\r\nand that speedy, is open, in order that what they did\r\nnot do in former times they may make up for in these days,\r\nand do some good, and they shall live unto God. But if\r\nthey abide in their deeds, they shall be delivered to those\r\nwomen, who will put them to death.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE NINTH. The great mysteries in the building of the militant and triumphant church."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-763"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"a903a8c6b4d3647ba558a068a66c75c4f7353e7c70b9824907388539b55801a5","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"MAT","chapter":19,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Matt. xix. 23","verse":23,"verse_end":23}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1766","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1766","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1766\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1766\">1766</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Matthew\">Matt.</abbr> <abbr title=\"nineteen\">xix.</abbr> 23, 24.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1766","text_sha256":"d59ce2457e160a8adba8fa8b3f2c13651cf50665fd962e707765028f8057aa11","verified":false,"work_id":null}