Luke 8:15

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

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WEBBE

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

BSB

But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.

KJV

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

ASV

And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

BBE

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

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τὸ to That G3588 δὲ de now G1161 ἐν en in G1722 τῇ tēa the G3588 καλῇ kalēa good G2570 γῇ gēa soil G1093 οὗτοί houtoi these G3778 εἰσιν eisin are G1510 οἵτινες oitines those G3748 ἐν en in G1722 καρδίᾳ kardia a heart G2588 καλῇ kalēa worthy G2570 καὶ kai and G2532 ἀγαθῇ agathēa good G18 ἀκούσαντες akousantes having heard G191 τὸν ton the G3588 λόγον logon word G3056 κατέχουσιν katechousin keep [it] G2722 καὶ kai and G2532 καρποφοροῦσιν karpophorousin they bring forth fruit G2592 ἐν en by G1722 ὑπομονῇ.¶ hupomonēa perseverance G5281

The early church

(ubi sup.) The good ground then bears fruit through patience, for nothing we do is good unless we endure patiently our closest evils. They therefore bear fruit through patience, who when they bear strifes humbly, are after the scourge received with joy to a heavenly rest.
Gregory the Dialogist · d. 604Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Hom. 44. in Matt.) And to sum up many things in a few words. Some indeed as careless hearers, some as weak, but others as the very slaves of pleasure and worldly things, hold aloof from what is good. The order of the way side, the rock, and the thorns is well, for we have first need of recollection and caution, next of fortitude, and then of contempt of things present. He therefore places the good ground in opposition to the way, the rock, and the thorns. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, &c. For they who are on the way side keep not the word, but the devil takes away their seed. But they who are on the rock sustain not patiently the assaults of temptation through weakness. But they who are among thorns bear no fruit, but are choked.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 4–21

There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to our spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained. The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Great encouragement is given to those who prove themselves faithful hearers of the word, by being doers of the work. Christ owns them as his relations.

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ObedienceHeartRighteousnessPatience

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