But others fell on good ground and it was yielding fruit: some a hundred[fold], some sixty, some thirty.

And these are the [seeds] sown on good ground, such as who hear the word and welcome it, and bear fruit: some thirty [fold], some sixty, and some a hundred."

But that which fell on the good ground, these are such who when they heard the word, with a noble and good heart, hold on to it and bear fruit with endurance.

For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and a man of understanding will gain direction;

and will understand a parable, and an enigma; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.

your ear shall hearken to wisdom; you shall also apply your heart to understanding, and shall apply it to the instruction of your son.

and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from His presence come knowledge and understanding,

Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness in which you have sinned against Me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should you die, O house of Israel?

And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you: and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.

Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it."

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear [them], because you are not of God."

But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, just as I said to you.

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.

Because I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received [them], and they knew truly that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a dealer of purple cloth of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us, whose heart The Lord opened to give heed to the things spoken by Paul.

And these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all readiness, each day examining the Scriptures [to see] whether these things might be so.

and in all deception of unrighteousness among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

But we are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

to which He called you through our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For indeed we have had the gospel preached [to us] just as those also; but the word which they heard did not profit those, not having been mixed with faith in those having heard it.

For this is the covenant which I shall covenant with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind, and I shall inscribe them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Therefore laying aside all filthiness and abundance of evil, in meekness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

But become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Therefore having put away all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all slanders,

as newborn babes, desire the genuine milk of the word, that by it you may grow,

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true; and we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

But even now, the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

that the Lord my God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in Him.

"For a good tree does not produce rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree produce good fruit.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a thorn bush.

And if it produces fruit, [fine]. But if not, in the coming [year], you can cut it down.'"

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

I am the vine, you [are] the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; because apart from Me you can do nothing.

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what ever you may desire, and it shall be done for you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, self-control--against such things there is no law.

having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit which is increasing to your account.

which has come to you, just as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, just as also among you, from the day which you heard and fully knew the grace of God in truth;

that you should walk worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit and increasing in the full knowledge of God;

For the earth which drinks the rain often coming upon it, and bears suitable vegetation for those on account of whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;

Therefore through Him let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing to His name.

But do not forget the doing of good and generosity, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Now we make known to you brothers, the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia,

how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their generosity.

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

Finally then, brothers, we request of you and exhort [you] in the Lord Jesus, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you should abound more.

But also [for] this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,

and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.

but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.