Others fell into the excellent ground and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”
which has come to y’all. It is also bearing fruit and growing in all the world, as it does in y’all, since the day y’all heard and knew the grace of God in truth.
But these are the ones sown on excellent ground: those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
Now the Jews there were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with great eagerness and examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were true.
But the seed that fell on the excellent ground, these are the ones who have an honest and excellent heart, who hear the word, hold it tightly, and through perseverance, produce fruit.
Other seed fell on the good soil and grew and produced a crop one hundred times as much.” When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear!”
But the seed sown on the excellent ground corresponds to the person who hears the word and understands it. That person bears fruit and produces a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”