23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, …
Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-23)We have here Christ preaching, and may observe, 1. When Christ preached this sermon; it was the same day that he preached the sermon in the foregoing chapter: so unwearied was he in doing good, and working the works of him that sent him. Note, Christ was for preaching both ends of the day, and has by his example recommended that practice to his church; we must in the morning sow our seed, and in t…
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