8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
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I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-20)The foregoing chapter began with Christ’s entering into the synagogue (Mark 4:1); this chapter begins with Christ’s teaching again by the sea side . Thus he changed his method, that if possible all might be reached and wrought upon. To gratify the nice and more genteel sort of people that had seats, chief seats, in the synagogue , and did not care for hearing a sermon any where else, he did not pr…
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