Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Matthew 13:8

"and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." — Matthew 13:8 (ASV)

But some seed falls on good soil and produces crops of various yields, which are well within ordinary expectations. The same seed produces no crop, some crop, or much crop—all according to the soil’s character. The final exhortation (cf. 11:15) warns Jesus’ hearers and Matthew’s readers that the parable needs careful interpretation.