But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: this indeed a hundredfold, that sixty, that thirty.

But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the Word, receive it, and bear fruit: one thirtyfold, one sixty, and one a hundred.

But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the Word with an honest and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with steadfastness.

The wise hears and increases learning, and the one of understanding gets wise counsel,

to understand a proverb and an enigma; the words of the wise, and their difficult sayings.

so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and extend your heart to understanding;

if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures,

For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Cast away from you all the transgressions by which you have transgressed, and prepare for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

I will also give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Truly, 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, because you are not of God.

But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, 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, whatever You gave Me, are from You.

For I have given to them the Words which You have given Me; and they received them, and surely know that I came forth from You; and they believe that You sent Me.

And a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who revered God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things are so.

and with all unrighteous deception among those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

But we owe thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you 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 the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will give My Laws into their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which has the power to save your souls.

But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,

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

Therefore bring forth fruits worthy of repentance,

And now already the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore any tree which does not bear good fruit is cut off and thrown into the fire.

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

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor has stood in the way of sinners, nor has sat in the seat of the scornful.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not wither, and all that he does shall prosper.

Those who are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God.

to declare that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

For a good tree does not produce bad fruit, nor does a bad tree produce good fruit.

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

And see if it produces fruit. But if not, after that 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; for apart from Me there is not a thing you are able to do.

If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall happen unto you.

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

meekness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

being filled with the fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account.

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

that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing into the full true knowledge of God;

For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;

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

But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia:

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

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

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, supply with your faith virtue, with virtue knowledge,

with godliness brotherly affection, and with brotherly affection love.

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