Matthew 13:23
21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
24 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
- ASV
- And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
- DARBY
- But he that is sown upon the good ground this is he who hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and produces, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.
- BLB
- But that having been sown on the good soil, this is the one hearing the word and understanding, who indeed bears fruit and produces—some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.”
- ÅB
- Men det som ble sådd i den gode jorden er den som hører ordet og forstår det. Han bærer frukt; en gir hundre fold, en seksti fold, og en tretti fold.»
- OTB
- Men frøet som ble sådd i god jord er den som hører ordet og forstår det. De bærer virkelig frukt og gir, noen hundre, noen seksti, noen tretti ganger det som ble sådd.»
- B1930
- Men den som blev sådd i den gode jord, det er den som hører ordet og forstår det; han bærer frukt, og en gir hundre fold, en seksti fold, en tretti fold.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 1:11
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Read in contextMatthew 12:33
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
Read in contextJohn 15:16
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Read in contextGalatians 5:22–23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Read in contextPsalms 92:13–15
Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Read in contextMatthew 13:8
Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
Read in contextJohn 15:1–8
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
Read in contextColossians 1:6
that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
Read in context