Matthew 13:8
But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
7Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.
9Listen, every one who has ears!"
Cross References
Luke 8:15But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.
Romans 7:18For I know that in me, that is, in my lower self, nothing good has its home; for while the will to do right is present with me, the power to carry it out is not.
Philippians 1:11being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God.
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 →