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George Lamsa Translation
Matthew 13:8
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Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.
But other fell into good ground, and brought foorth fruit, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirty folde.
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
"But others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.
Some other seed fell on good ground where it grew and produced a crop. Some plants made a hundred times more, some made sixty times more, and some made thirty times more.
"Other seed fell on good soil and yielded grain, some a hundred times as much [as was sown], some sixty [times as much], and some thirty.
Some againe fel in good ground, & brought forth fruite, one corne an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, and another thirtie folde.
"And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
And others fell on the good soil and were yielding a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop-a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants produced a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as was scattered.
But others fell into rich soil and produced grain, a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as had been sown.
and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.
But some of the seed fell on good ground. There it grew and made grain. Some plants made 100 times more grain, some 60 times more, and some 30 times more.
But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants bore grain: some had one hundred grains, others sixty, and others thirty."
But other seed fell on the good soil and produced grain, this one a hundred times as much and this one sixty and this one thirty.
And other fell on the good ground and yielded fruit; indeed, one a hundredfold, and one sixty, and one thirty.
and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
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and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times, some sixty, and some thirty.
And others fell on good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty.
But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.
But othere seedis felden in to good lond, and yauen fruyt; summe an hundrid foold, an othir sixti foold, an othir thritti foold.
and others fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
But others fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty-fold.
But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!
Some seeds fell on good ground and gave much grain. Some gave one hundred times as much grain. Some gave sixty times as much grain. Some gave thirty times as much grain.
Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
But, some, fell upon the good ground, and did yield fruit, - this, indeed a hundred fold, and, that, sixty, and, the other, thirty.
And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold.
Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Parte fell in good groud and brought forth good frute: some an hudred fold some sixtie fold some thyrty folde.
and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.
Some fell vpo good groude, & gaue frute: some an hundreth folde, some sixtie folde, some thirtie folde.
but another part falling upon good soil, became fruitful, some grains yielding an hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.
A Harvest Story At about that same time Jesus left the house and sat on the beach. In no time at all a crowd gathered along the shoreline, forcing him to get into a boat. Using the boat as a pulpit, he addressed his congregation, telling stories. "What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.
But some of that alfalfa seed fell on good, fertile soil. This seed produced about ten tons per acre.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
good: Matthew 13:23, Luke 8:15, Romans 7:18
some an: Genesis 26:12, John 15:8, Galatians 5:22, Galatians 5:23, Philippians 1:11
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:19 - he attained 1 Chronicles 11:21 - howbeit Psalms 85:12 - our land Isaiah 61:11 - as the earth Matthew 19:29 - an Mark 4:8 - fell Luke 8:8 - other
Cross-References
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
And he went on his journey from the south as far as Beth-el, to the place where he had pitched his tent at first, between Beth-el and Ai;
And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together; for their herds were so large that they could not dwell together.
And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abrams cattle and the herdsmen of Lots cattle; and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt then in the land.
Behold the whole land is before you, separate yourself from me; if you choose the left hand, then I will choose the right hand; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Then Lot chose for himself all the land of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; thus they separated one brother from the other.
And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you.
Then Abram removed his tent and came and dwelt by the oak of Mamre which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD
So he sent his brothers away, and they departed; and he said to them, Quarrel not on the journey.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But others fell into good ground,.... Not beaten and trodden by the feet of men, nor stony, nor thorny, but well broke up, manured, and tilled; which designs good, honest hearted hearers who become so by the Spirit and grace of God; who with a spiritual understanding, experience, savour, and relish, what they hear; see
Matthew 13:23
and brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold: some seeds produced an hundred, others sixty, and others thirty. The first of these especially was a large increase, but what was sometimes had, and which Isaac received in Gerar, in the land of the Philistines, Genesis 26:12 and is what Pliny says g of Byzacium, a country of the Lybiphoenicians, that it yielded an hundred fold to its husbandmen; and of such fruitfulness was the land of Israel, of which the Jewish doctors say some things incredible: they tell us a story h of
"one that sowed a measure of vetches, or pease, מאות סאין
ועשה שלש, "and it produced three hundred measures"; they say unto him, the Lord hath begun to bless thee, c.''
Here, in the parable, these various increases intend the different degrees of fruitfulness in gracious souls for though the fruits of grace, in believers, are of the same quality, yet not of the same quantity. Some believers are grown to a greater maturity than others; some are but little children, some are young men, some are fathers.
g Nat. Hist. 1. 5. c. 4. h T. Hieros. Peah, fol. 20. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In parables - The word “parable” is derived from a Greek word signifying “to compare together,” and denotes a similitude taken from a natural object to illustrate a spiritual or moral subject. It is a narrative of some fictitious or real event, in order to illustrate more clearly some truth that the speaker wished to communicate. In early ages it was much used. Pagan writers, as Aesop, often employed it. In the time of Christ it was in common use. The prophets had used it, and Christ employed it often in teaching his disciples. It is not necessary to suppose that the narratives were strictly true. The main thing - “the inculcation of spiritual truth” - was gained equally, whether it was true or was only a supposed case. Nor was there any dishonesty in this. It was well understood no person was deceived. The speaker was not “understood” to affirm the thing “literally narrated,” but only to fix the attention more firmly on the moral truth that he presented. The “design” of speaking in parables was the following:
- To convey truth in a more interesting manner to the mind, adding to the truth conveyed the beauty of a lovely image or narrative.
- To teach spiritual truth so as to arrest the attention of ignorant people, making an appeal to them through the “senses.”
- To convey some offensive truth, some pointed personal rebuke. in such a way as to bring it “home” to the conscience. Of this kind was the parable which Nathan delivered to David 2 Samuel 12:1-7, and many of our Saviour’s parables addressed to the Jews.
- To “conceal” from one part of his audience truths which he intended others should understand. Thus Christ often, by this means, delivered truths to his disciples in the presence of the Jews, which he well knew the Jews would not understand; truths pertaining to them particularly, and which he was under no obligations to explain to the Jews. See Mark 4:33; Matthew 13:13-16.
Our Saviour’s parables are distinguished above all others for clearness, purity, chasteness, importance of instruction, and simplicity. They are taken mostly from the affairs of common life, and intelligible, therefore, to all people. They contain much of “himself” - his doctrine, life, design in coming, and claims, and are therefore of importance to all people; and they are told in a style of simplicity intelligible to the child, yet instructive to people of every rank and age. In his parables, as in all his instructions, he excelled all people in the purity, importance, and sublimity of his doctrine.
Matthew 13:3
A sower went forth to sow - The image here is taken from an employment known to all people, and therefore intelligible to all.
Nor can there be a more striking illustration of preaching the gospel than placing the seed in the ground, to spring up hereafter and bear fruit.
Sower - One who sows or scatters seed - a farmer. It is not improbable that one was near the Saviour when he spoke this parable.
Matthew 13:4
Some seeds fell by the way-side - That is, the hard “path” or headland, which the plow had not touched, and where there was no opportunity for it to sink into the earth.
Matthew 13:5
Stony places - Where there was little earth, but where it was hard and rocky, so that the roots could not strike down into the earth for sufficient moisture to support the plant.
When the sun became hot they of course withered away. They sprang up the sooner because there was little earth to cover them.
Forthwith - Immediately. Not that they sprouted and grew any quicker or faster than the others, but they were not so long in reaching the surface. Having little root, they soon withered away.
Matthew 13:7
Among thorns - That is, in a part of the field where the thorns and shrubs had been imperfectly cleared away and not destroyed.
They grew with the grain, crowded it, shaded it, exhausted the earth, and thus choked it.
Matthew 13:8
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 not intend to teach that these proportions would be exactly the same among those who heard the gospel. Parables are designed to teach some “general” truth, and the circumstances should not be pressed too much in explaining them.
An hundred-fold ... - That is, a hundred, sixty, or thirty “grains” for each one that was sowed an increase by no means uncommon. Some grains of wheat will produce twelve or fifteen hundred grains. The usual proportion on a field sown, however, is not more than twenty, fifty, or sixty bushels for one.
Matthew 13:9
Who hath ears ... - This is a proverbial expression, implying that it was every man’s duty to pay attention to what was spoken, Matthew 11:15.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 13:8. Good ground — Where the earth was deep, the field well ploughed, and the brambles and weeds all removed. See more on Matthew 13:18, c., and see on Luke 8:15.
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 25.
Whole number of grains 119, which together
weighed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 grs
The root separately, after washing and
drying, weighed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1/2
The stalks and remaining leaves (for many
had perished in the wet season) . . . . . 630 1/2
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Weight of the whole produce of one grain
of oats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 grs. which was 725 times and one quarter more than the original weight.
The power of grain to multiply itself, even in the same year, is a subject as much of curiosity and astonishment as of importance and general utility. For the farther elucidation of this text, I shall give the following example from a practice in agriculture, or rural economy, which is termed filtering.
On the 2nd of June, 1766, Mr. C. Miller, of Cambridge, sowed some grains of the common, red wheat; and on the 8th of August a single plant was taken up, and separated into 18 parts, and each planted separately: these plants having pushed out several side shoots, about the middle of September some of them were taken up and divided; and the rest between that time and October. This second division produced 67 plants. These plants remained through the winter, and another division of them, made between the middle of March and the 12th of April, produced 500 plants. They were divided no farther, but permitted to remain in the field. These plants were in general stronger than any of the wheat in the field. Some of them produced upwards of 100 ears from a single root and many of the ears measured seven inches in length, and contained between sixty and seventy grains. The whole number of ears produced from the single plant was 21,109, which yielded three pecks and three-quarters of clear corn, weighing 47lbs. 7oz., and, from a calculation made by counting the grains in an ounce, the whole number of grains was about 576,840. Mr. Miller thinks that, had he made a second division in the spring, the number of plants would have amounted to 2000. Who can help admiring the wisdom and providence of God in this single grain of corn! He has, in some sort, impressed on it an idea of his own infinity; and an idea which, like the subject to which it refers, confounds our imagination and reason. How infinitely great is God, even in his minor works.
