Bear fruit (καρποφορουσιν). Same word in Mt 13:23 and Lu 8:15. Mark gives the order from thirty, sixty, to a hundred, while Mt 13:…

All converts are not equally good. I am afraid that, in our churches, there is a large number of the thirty-fold people. We are glad to have them, …

Theophylact of Ohrid: Although the Lord appears to neglect his mother in the events mentioned above, He still honors her, s…

The seeds sown on the hard-beaten path indicate those who have a shallow reception of the word. Satan snatches it from them before it has had an op…

And these are they which are sown on good ground
Such hearers who are intended by the good ground on which other see…

This parable contained instruction so important that all capable of hearing were obligated to pay attention to it. There are many things it is impo…