Matthew 13:23

But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses the crowd and his disciples in Matthew 13, speaking immediately after describing how thorns choke the word and before introducing the parable of the wheat and the tares.

The words — σπαρείς (spareis) means "having been sown," and ἐπὶ τὴν καλὴν γῆν (epi tēn kalēn gēn) translates literally to "on the good soil."

The thread — The fruit motif continues in Matthew 12:33, Philippians 1:11, and John 15:16, where spiritual yield consistently demonstrates the reality of what has been planted.

Why it lands — The text requires that hearing the word must produce comprehension and measurable productivity, explicitly ruling out unfruitful reception.

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The Greek words

King James Version

But 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.

Cross-references

Philippians 1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Matthew 12:33 Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Psalms 92:13 Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Matthew 13:8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
John 15:1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
Colossians 1:6 that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
Matthew 3:8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Luke 13:9 If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”