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Mark 4:8 KJV
Mark · chapter 4 · verse 8
And 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.Mark 4:8 · King James Version
Mark 4:8 in context
6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
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.
9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- increasedauxanōto cause to grow, augment, to increase, become greater, to grow, increase, of plants, of…G837 →
- groundgēarable land, the ground, the earth as a standing place, the main land as opposed to the…G1093 →
- thirtytriakontathirtyG5144 →
- yielddidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- fruitkarposfruit, the fruit of the trees, vines, of the fields, the fruit of one's loinsG2590 →
- forthpherōto carry, to carry some burden, to bear with one s self, to move by bearing move or, to…G5342 →
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The foregoing chapter began with Christ's entering into the synagogue (Mar 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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20