Matthew 13:23

And the zera sown upon the adamah tovah (the good ground), this is the one who hears the Dvar Hashem and, understanding, + 13:23 it indeed bears pri and, one produces a hundred, the other sixty, the other thirty.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

In Context

22And the + 13:22 zera sown among the thorns is the one hearing the dvar (word), and the rogez HaOlam Hazeh + 13:22 Dt 28:65 (the anxiety of this age) and the mirmah (deceit) of riches, choke the Dvar Hashem and it becomes unfruitful. + 13:22 Isa 53:9

24Another mashal Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach placed before them, saying, The Malchut HaShomayim is like a man sowing zera tov (good seed) in his field.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:1Blessed is the ish that walketh not 1 in the Etzah (counsel, scheme) of the Resha'im, 1 nor standeth in the Derech Chatta'im, 1 nor sitteth in the Moshav (seat) of the Leitzim (scornful, ones mocking and reviling). 1

Proverbs 1:5A chacham (wise person) will hear, and will increase learning, 1 and a man of understanding shall acquire wise counsel: 1

Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your peysha'im, whereby ye have committed peysha; and get you a lev chadash and a ruach chadashah; + 18:31 i.e., regeneration, new birth see Yn 3:3 for why will ye die, O Bais Yisroel?

Matthew 3:8Produce pri tov l'teshuva (fruit worthy of repentance)!

Matthew 12:33Either make the etz (tree) tov (good) and its pri (fruit) will be tov, or make the etz nishchat (corrupt) and its pri will be rah; for by its pri the etz is known.

Mark 4:20And these are the ones sown upon adamah tovah: they hear the dvar Hashem and are mekabel (receive) the dvar Hashem and bear pri, thirty, sixty and one hundredfold.

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 →

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