Matthew 13:8 Parallel Translations

But other seeds were planted on good ground and produced grain. They produced one hundred, sixty, or thirty times as much as was planted.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

ASV:

and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

BBE:

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

DBY:

and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

ERV:

and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

WEY:

But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.

WBS:

But others fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty-fold.

WEB:

Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

YLT:

and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

Matthew 13:8 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 26:12 Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

Matthew 13:23 "And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

13:8 But others fell into good ground. The goodness of this last soil consists in its qualities being precisely the reverse of the other three soils. It was not hard, stony, or weedy.
Some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Thirty-fold is now really a first-rate crop, even for such plains as Esdraelon, just below Nazareth. But in the time of Christ there might be realized, in favorable circumstances, a hundred-fold. Intelligent gentlemen (in the plain of Esdraelon) maintain that they have themselves reaped more than a hundred-fold ( Land and Book ).

WES:

13:8 Good ground - Soft, not like that by the highway side; deep, not like the stony ground; purged, not full of thorns.

MHC:

13:1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances of worship not to covet that which is stately, but to make the best of the conveniences God in his providence allots to us. Christ taught in parables. Thereby the things of God were made more plain and easy to those willing to be taught, and at the same time more difficult and obscure to those who were willingly ignorant. The parable of the sower is plain. The seed sown is the word of God. The sower is our Lord Jesus Christ, by himself, or by his ministers. Preaching to a multitude is sowing the corn; we know not where it will light. Some sort of ground, though we take ever so much pains with it, brings forth no fruit to purpose, while the good soil brings forth plentifully. So it is with the hearts of men, whose different characters are here described by four sorts of ground. Careless, trifling hearers, are an easy prey to Satan; who, as he is the great murderer of souls, so he is the great thief of sermons, and will be sure to rob us of the word, if we take not care to keep it. Hypocrites, like the stony ground, often get the start of true Christians in the shows of profession. Many are glad to hear a good sermon, who do not profit by it. They are told of free salvation, of the believer's privileges, and the happiness of heaven; and, without any change of heart, without any abiding conviction of their own depravity, their need of a Saviour, or the excellence of holiness, they soon profess an unwarranted assurance. But when some heavy trial threatens them, or some sinful advantage may be had, they give up or disguise their profession, or turn to some easier system. Worldly cares are fitly compared to thorns, for they came in with sin, and are a fruit of the curse; they are good in their place to stop a gap, but a man must be well armed that has much to do with them; they are entangling, vexing, scratching, and their end is to be burned, Heb 6:8. Worldly cares are great hinderances to our profiting by the word of God. The deceitfulness of riches does the mischief; they cannot be said to deceive us unless we put our trust in them, then they choke the good seed. What distinguished the good ground was fruitfulness. By this true Christians are distinguished from hypocrites. Christ does not say that this good ground has no stones in it, or no thorns; but none that could hinder its fruitfulness. All are not alike; we should aim at the highest, to bring forth most fruit. The sense of hearing cannot be better employed than in hearing God's word; and let us look to ourselves that we may know what sort of hearers we are.

CONC:

Crop Falling Falls Fell Forth Fruit Gives Giving Grain Ground Hundred Hundredfold Hundred-fold Indeed Portion Produced Return Seeds Sixty Sixtyfold Sixty-fold Soil Sown Thirty Thirtyfold Thirty-fold Yielded

Crop Earth Falling Falls Fell Forth Fruit Gives Good Grain Ground Hundred Hundredfold Hundred-Fold Others Portion Seed Seeds Sixty Sixtyfold Soil Sown Thirty Thirtyfold Thirty-Fold Times Yielded

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