Mark 4:8
And some fell upon good ground; and brought forth fruit that grew up, and increased and yielded, one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
9And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Cross References
Genesis 26:12And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
Jeremiah 23:29Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Matthew 13:23But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.
Luke 8:8And other some fell upon good ground; and being sprung up, yielded fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, he cried out: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
John 1:12But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.
John 7:17If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of 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 →