"Other[seeds] fellinto the goodsoil,and as they grewup and increased,they yieldeda cropand producedthirty,sixty,and a hundredfold."
Now Isaacsowedin that landand reapedin the sameyeara hundredfold.And the LORDblessedhim,
"Cryloudly,do not holdback;Raiseyour voicelike a trumpet,And declareto My peopletheir transgressionAnd to the houseof Jacobtheir sins.
"Is not My wordlike fire?"declaresthe LORD,"and like a hammerwhich shattersa rock?
"And the one on whom seed was sownon the goodsoil,thisis the man who hearsthe wordand understandsit; whoindeedbears fruitand brings forth,somea hundredfold,somesixty,and somethirty."
"And othersfellon the goodsoiland yieldeda crop,somea hundredfold,somesixty,and somethirty.
"And thoseare the ones on whom seed was sownon the goodsoil;and they hearthe wordand acceptit and bear fruit,thirty,sixty,and a hundredfold."
"Other[seed] fellamongthe thorns,and the thornscameup and chokedit, and it yieldednocrop.
And He was saying,"He whohasearsto hear,let him hear."
"But the [seed] in the goodsoil,theseare the ones whohave heardthe wordin an honestand goodheart,and hold it fast,and bear fruitwith perseverance.
"Other[seed] fellinto the goodsoil,and grewup, and produceda cropa hundred times as great."As He saidthese things,He would callout, "He who hasearsto hear,let him hear."
"I amthe vine,you are the branches;he who abidesin Me and I in him, he bearsmuchfruit,for apartfrom Me you candonothing.
"Ifanyoneis willingto doHis will,he will knowof the teaching,whetherit is of Godor[whether] I speakfrom Myself.
Nowthesewere more noble-mindedthan thosein Thessalonica,for they receivedthe wordwith greateagerness,examiningthe Scripturesdaily[to see] whetherthese thingswere so.
in whomthe wholebuilding,being fitted together,is growinginto a holytemplein the Lord,
having been filledwith the fruitof righteousnesswhich [comes] throughJesusChrist,to the gloryand praiseof God.
which has cometo you, justas in allthe worldalsoit is constantly bearing fruitand increasing,evenas [it has been doing] in you alsosincethe dayyou heard[of it] and understoodthe graceof Godin truth;
