Matthew 13:8
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
7And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
9He who has ears, let him give ear.
Cross References
Genesis 26:12Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.
Luke 8:15And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
Romans 7:18For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.
Philippians 1:11Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24
The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →