Mark 4:8
And some fell on good soil. And it brought forth fruit that grew up, and increased, and yielded: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.”
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In Context
7And some fell among thorns. And the thorns grew up and suffocated it, and it did not produce fruit.
9And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Cross References
Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him.
Jeremiah 23:29Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock?
Matthew 13:23Yet truly, whoever has received the seed into good soil, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, and so he bears fruit, and he produces: some a hundred fold, and another sixty fold, and another thirty fold.”
Luke 8:8And some fell upon good soil; and having sprung up, it produced fruit one hundredfold.” As he said these things, he cried out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
John 1:12Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
John 7:17If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself.
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →