Mark 4:8
But other seed fell into good soil, and as the seeds grew and increased, they produced fruit and bore thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times more than what was sown.”
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In Context
7Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no fruit.
9Then he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Cross References
Matthew 13:23But the seed sown on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who bears fruit and produces a hundred, sixty, or thirty times more than what was sown.”
Luke 8:8But other seed fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundred times more than what was sown.” As he said this, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
John 1:12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
John 7:17If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know whether my teaching comes 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 →