Mark 4:20

18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”
KJV
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
WEB
Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
ASV
And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.
DARBY
And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred [fold].
BLB
And those are the ones having been sown upon the good soil, such as hear the word and receive [it] and bear fruit: one thirtyfold, and one sixty, and one a hundred.”
ÅB
Og dette er de som er sådd i den gode jord: de som hører ordet og tar imot det og bærer frukt, tretti fold og seksti fold og hundre fold.
OTB
Men andre er som korn sådd i god jord; de hører ordet, tar imot det, og bærer frukt—tretti, seksti og hundrefold.»
B1930
Og dette er de som er sådd i den gode jord: de som hører ordet og tar imot det og bærer frukt, tretti fold og seksti fold og hundre fold.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Colossians 1:10

    That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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  • Luke 8:15

    But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

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  • John 15:4–5

    Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

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  • Matthew 13:23

    But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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  • Mark 4:8

    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

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  • 2 Peter 1:8

    For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Galatians 5:22–23

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

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  • Romans 7:4

    Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

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