Mark 4:8
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."
New Heart English Bible
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In Context
7Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
9He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
Cross References
Genesis 26:12Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. The Lord blessed him.
Jeremiah 23:29'Isn't my word like fire?' says the Lord; 'and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Matthew 13:23And what was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who truly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
Luke 8:8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
John 7:17If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if 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 →