Mark 4:8
But other seed fell on good ground, and it was yielding fruit coming up and growing, and it was producing—some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
7And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
9And He said, “He that has ears to hear, let him hear!” 1 The Purpose of Parables
Cross References
Matthew 13:23But the seed sown on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold some sixty, some thirty.” 1 The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares
Luke 8:8But other seed fell into good ground, and when it grew up, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” Saying these things He was calling out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
John 1:12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name;
John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking on My own authority.
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 →