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and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times, some sixty, and some thirty.
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Fruit is the True Test
Commentators agree that the defining characteristic of the "good ground" is that it produces fruit. While other soils showed initial promise, only the heart that truly receives the Word yields a harvest. Scholars note that the yields mentioned (30, 60, 100-fold) were realistic agricultural outcomes, emphasizing that a genuine faith will inevitably produce tangible, spiritual results.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Into good ground. The fertile and rich soil. In sowing, by far the largest proportion of seed will fall into the good soil; but Christ did…
Yielded fruit (εδιδου καρπον). Change to imperfect tense of διδωμ, to give, for it was continuous fruit-bearing.
So…
19th Century
Anglican
Into good ground — Here also the Greek has the definite article, “the good ground.” The different results imply that even…
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Baptist
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, …
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,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But others fell into good ground Not beaten and trodden by the feet of men, nor stony, nor thorny, but well broke up…
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Jesus entered a boat so that He might be less pressed, and be better heard by the people. By this He teaches us, in the outward circumstances of wo…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Gospel teaching was presented, and its adversaries were refuted. Here, He shows the power of the Gospel teaching. Firstly, He does …
