Matthew 13:8 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 13:8

Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

BSB

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ASV

and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

KJV

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

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Commentary

3 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Matthew (1274)

But someone might say: it was foolishness on the part of the sower. It can be said that if this were about sensible earth, it would be true; but it is about spiritual earth, and so the objection does not hold, because it is turned …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The place where Christ's hearers now stood represented the characters of most of them, the sand on the sea-shore, which was to the seed like the highway ground. Observe First, What kind of hearers are compared to the highway ground; such as hear the word and understand it not; and it is their own fault that they do not.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Good ground - Where the earth was deep, the field well ploughed, and the brambles and weeds all removed. See more on Mat 13:19 (note), etc., and see on Luk 8:15 (note). Some a hundred-fold - For the elucidation of this text, I beg leave to introduce the following experiment. In 1816 I sowed, for a third crop, a field with oats, at Millbrook, in Lancashire; the grains weighed, on an average, 3/4 of a grain each. One grain produced three stalks with three ears: the largest had 68 grains in it, the second 26, and the third

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἄλλα	alla	Other	G243 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἔπεσεν	epesen	fell	G4098 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	soil	G1093 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
καλὴν	kalēn	good	G2570 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐδίδου	edidou	were yielding	G1325 →
καρπόν,	karpon	fruit,	G2590 →
ὃ	ho	some	G3739 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
ἑκατόν,	hekaton	a hundredfold,	G1540 →
ὃ	ho	some	G3739 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἑξήκοντα,	hexēkonta	sixty,	G1835 →
ὃ	ho	some	G3739 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τριάκοντα.	triakonta	thirty.	G5144 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 15:8
This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
leads to
- Philippians 1:11
  filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 5:16
  In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- John 8:31
  So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
- 2 Corinthians 9:10–15
  Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- John 15:5
  I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
Through
Matthew 13:23
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.”
leads to
- Galatians 5:22–23
  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Philippians 1:11
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
leads to
- Colossians 1:10
  so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 12:11
  No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew