Matthew 13:23 “The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.” * * *

13:23 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - “The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.” * * *
新标点和合本 - 撒在好地上的，就是人听道明白了，后来结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 撒在好土里的，就是人听了道，明白了，后来结了果实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 撒在好土里的，就是人听了道，明白了，后来结了果实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
当代译本 - 种子落在沃土里，是指人听了道，并明白了道，就结出果实，有的多达一百倍，有的六十倍，有的三十倍。”
圣经新译本 - 那撒在好土里的，就是人听了道，又明白了，结出果实来，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
中文标准译本 - 那被撒上种子的‘好土壤’是这样的人：他听了这话语，就领悟了，必然结出果实来，结出的有一百倍的、有六十倍的、有三十倍的。”
现代标点和合本 - 撒在好地上的，就是人听道明白了，后来结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
和合本（拼音版） - 撒在好地上的，就是人听道明白了，后来结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
New International Version - But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
New International Reader's Version - But the seed that fell on good soil is like those who hear the message and understand it. They produce a crop 100, 60 or 30 times more than the farmer planted.”
English Standard Version - As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
New Living Translation - The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”
Christian Standard Bible - But the one sown on the good ground — this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.”
New American Standard Bible - But the one sown with seed on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”
New King James Version - But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Amplified Bible - And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands and grasps it; he indeed bears fruit and yields, some a hundred times [as much as was sown], some sixty [times as much], and some thirty.”
American Standard Version - And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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.
New English Translation - But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”
World English Bible - What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
新標點和合本 - 撒在好地上的，就是人聽道明白了，後來結實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 撒在好土裏的，就是人聽了道，明白了，後來結了果實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 撒在好土裏的，就是人聽了道，明白了，後來結了果實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
當代譯本 - 種子落在沃土裡，是指人聽了道，並明白了道，就結出果實，有的多達一百倍，有的六十倍，有的三十倍。」
聖經新譯本 - 那撒在好土裡的，就是人聽了道，又明白了，結出果實來，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
呂振中譯本 - 但那撒在好土上的，是人聽了道就領悟；他總是結實：有的結了一百倍，有的六十倍，有的三十倍。』
中文標準譯本 - 那被撒上種子的『好土壤』是這樣的人：他聽了這話語，就領悟了，必然結出果實來，結出的有一百倍的、有六十倍的、有三十倍的。」
現代標點和合本 - 撒在好地上的，就是人聽道明白了，後來結實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
文理和合譯本 - 播於沃壤者、乃人聽道而悟、結實、或百倍、或六十倍、或三十倍、○
文理委辦譯本 - 播於沃壤者、猶人聽道而悟、結實或百倍、或六十倍、或三十倍、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 播於沃壤者、指人聽道而悟、其結實或百倍、或六十倍、或三十倍、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 惟播於佳壤者、乃聞道而悟、誠篤結實、所獲或百倍、或六十倍、或三十倍。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero el que recibió la semilla que cayó en buen terreno es el que oye la palabra y la entiende. Este sí produce una cosecha al treinta, al sesenta y hasta al ciento por uno».
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 좋은 땅에 뿌려진 씨는 말씀을 듣고 깨닫는 사람을 가리킨다. 그런 사람은 100배, 60배, 또는 30배의 열매를 맺는다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Семя же, посеянное в хорошую почву, – это о человеке, который слышит слово и понимает его. Такой человек приносит плод, кто во сто, кто в шестьдесят, кто в тридцать раз больше посеянного.
Восточный перевод - Семя же, посеянное в хорошую почву, – это о человеке, который слышит слово и понимает его. Такой человек приносит плод, кто во сто, кто в шестьдесят, кто в тридцать раз больше посеянного.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Семя же, посеянное в хорошую почву, – это о человеке, который слышит слово и понимает его. Такой человек приносит плод, кто во сто, кто в шестьдесят, кто в тридцать раз больше посеянного.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Семя же, посеянное в хорошую почву, – это о человеке, который слышит слово и понимает его. Такой человек приносит плод, кто во сто, кто в шестьдесят, кто в тридцать раз больше посеянного.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Un autre enfin a reçu la semence « sur la bonne terre ». C’est celui qui écoute la Parole et la comprend. Alors il porte du fruit : chez l’un, un grain en rapporte cent, chez un autre soixante, chez un autre trente.
リビングバイブル - 最後に、良い地というのは、神のことばに耳を傾け、それを理解する人の心のことです。このような人こそ、三十倍、六十倍、百倍もの実を結ぶことができるのです。」
Nestle Aland 28 - ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν καλὴν γῆν σπαρείς, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων καὶ συνιείς, ὃς δὴ καρποφορεῖ καὶ ποιεῖ ὃ μὲν ἑκατόν, ὃ δὲ ἑξήκοντα, ὃ δὲ τριάκοντα.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν καλὴν γῆν σπαρείς, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων καὶ συνιείς; ὃς δὴ καρποφορεῖ καὶ ποιεῖ, ὃ μὲν ἑκατὸν, ὃ δὲ ἑξήκοντα, ὃ δὲ τριάκοντα.
Nova Versão Internacional - E quanto à semente que caiu em boa terra, esse é o caso daquele que ouve a palavra e a entende, e dá uma colheita de cem, sessenta e trinta por um”.
Hoffnung für alle - Aber dann gibt es auch Menschen, die sind wie der fruchtbare Boden, auf den die Saat fällt: Sie hören Gottes Botschaft, verstehen sie und bringen Frucht, hundert-, sechzig- oder dreißigfach.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Còn hạt giống rơi vào vùng đất tốt chỉ về người nghe Đạo Đức Chúa Trời và hiểu rõ, nên đem lại kết quả dồi dào ba mươi, sáu mươi, hay cả trăm lần như lúc gieo trồng!”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ส่วนเมล็ดพืชซึ่งตกในดินดีนั้นคือผู้ที่ได้ยินพระวจนะและเข้าใจก็เกิดผลร้อยเท่า หกสิบเท่า หรือสามสิบเท่าของที่หว่านลงไป”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เมล็ดพืชที่ตกบนดินดีเปรียบเสมือนคนที่ได้ยินคำกล่าว และเข้าใจ จึงเกิดผลแท้จริงเป็น 100 เท่า 60 และ 30 เท่า”

交叉引用

1 Thessalonians 4:1 - One final word, friends. We ask you—urge is more like it—that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance. You know the guidelines we laid out for you from the Master Jesus. God wants you to live a pure life. Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity.
James 1:22 - Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
Luke 6:43 - “You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree, nor good apples off a diseased tree. The health of the apple tells the health of the tree. You must begin with your own life-giving lives. It’s who you are, not what you say and do, that counts. Your true being brims over into true words and deeds.
1 Peter 2:1 - So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You’ve had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God’s pure kindness. Then you’ll grow up mature and whole in God.
2 Peter 1:5 - So don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others. With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. Without these qualities you can’t see what’s right before you, oblivious that your old sinful life has been wiped off the books.
Mark 4:20 - “But the seed planted in the good earth represents those who hear the Word, embrace it, and produce a harvest beyond their wildest dreams.”
Hebrews 13:16 - Make sure you don’t take things for granted and go slack in working for the common good; share what you have with others. God takes particular pleasure in acts of worship—a different kind of “sacrifice”—that take place in kitchen and workplace and on the streets.
Luke 8:15 - “But the seed in the good earth—these are the good-hearts who seize the Word and hold on no matter what, sticking with it until there’s a harvest.
2 Thessalonians 2:13 - Meanwhile, we’ve got our hands full continually thanking God for you, our good friends—so loved by God! God picked you out as his from the very start. Think of it: included in God’s original plan of salvation by the bond of faith in the living truth. This is the life of the Spirit he invited you to through the Message we delivered, in which you get in on the glory of our Master, Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 2:6 - And here’s why: God gives out Wisdom free, is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding. He’s a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere. He keeps his eye on all who live honestly, and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones.
Psalms 92:15 - Such witnesses to upright God! My Mountain, my huge, holy Mountain!
John 15:1 - “I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.
John 15:4 - “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me.
John 15:5 - “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.
John 15:16 - “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.
2 Corinthians 8:1 - Now, friends, I want to report on the surprising and generous ways in which God is working in the churches in Macedonia province. Fierce troubles came down on the people of those churches, pushing them to the very limit. The trial exposed their true colors: They were incredibly happy, though desperately poor. The pressure triggered something totally unexpected: an outpouring of pure and generous gifts. I was there and saw it for myself. They gave offerings of whatever they could—far more than they could afford!—pleading for the privilege of helping out in the relief of poor Christians.
Psalms 1:1 - How well God must like you— you don’t walk in the ruts of those blind-as-bats, you don’t stand with the good-for-nothings, you don’t take your seat among the know-it-alls.
Psalms 1:2 - Instead you thrill to God’s Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You’re a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.
Galatians 5:22 - But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
Galatians 5:23 - Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.
Matthew 12:33 - “If you grow a healthy tree, you’ll pick healthy fruit. If you grow a diseased tree, you’ll pick worm-eaten fruit. The fruit tells you about the tree.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - “The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.” * * *
新标点和合本 - 撒在好地上的，就是人听道明白了，后来结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 撒在好土里的，就是人听了道，明白了，后来结了果实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 撒在好土里的，就是人听了道，明白了，后来结了果实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
当代译本 - 种子落在沃土里，是指人听了道，并明白了道，就结出果实，有的多达一百倍，有的六十倍，有的三十倍。”
圣经新译本 - 那撒在好土里的，就是人听了道，又明白了，结出果实来，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
中文标准译本 - 那被撒上种子的‘好土壤’是这样的人：他听了这话语，就领悟了，必然结出果实来，结出的有一百倍的、有六十倍的、有三十倍的。”
现代标点和合本 - 撒在好地上的，就是人听道明白了，后来结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
和合本（拼音版） - 撒在好地上的，就是人听道明白了，后来结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
New International Version - But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
New International Reader's Version - But the seed that fell on good soil is like those who hear the message and understand it. They produce a crop 100, 60 or 30 times more than the farmer planted.”
English Standard Version - As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
New Living Translation - The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”
Christian Standard Bible - But the one sown on the good ground — this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.”
New American Standard Bible - But the one sown with seed on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”
New King James Version - But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Amplified Bible - And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands and grasps it; he indeed bears fruit and yields, some a hundred times [as much as was sown], some sixty [times as much], and some thirty.”
American Standard Version - And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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.
New English Translation - But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”
World English Bible - What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
新標點和合本 - 撒在好地上的，就是人聽道明白了，後來結實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 撒在好土裏的，就是人聽了道，明白了，後來結了果實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 撒在好土裏的，就是人聽了道，明白了，後來結了果實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
當代譯本 - 種子落在沃土裡，是指人聽了道，並明白了道，就結出果實，有的多達一百倍，有的六十倍，有的三十倍。」
聖經新譯本 - 那撒在好土裡的，就是人聽了道，又明白了，結出果實來，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”
呂振中譯本 - 但那撒在好土上的，是人聽了道就領悟；他總是結實：有的結了一百倍，有的六十倍，有的三十倍。』
中文標準譯本 - 那被撒上種子的『好土壤』是這樣的人：他聽了這話語，就領悟了，必然結出果實來，結出的有一百倍的、有六十倍的、有三十倍的。」
現代標點和合本 - 撒在好地上的，就是人聽道明白了，後來結實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
文理和合譯本 - 播於沃壤者、乃人聽道而悟、結實、或百倍、或六十倍、或三十倍、○
文理委辦譯本 - 播於沃壤者、猶人聽道而悟、結實或百倍、或六十倍、或三十倍、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 播於沃壤者、指人聽道而悟、其結實或百倍、或六十倍、或三十倍、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 惟播於佳壤者、乃聞道而悟、誠篤結實、所獲或百倍、或六十倍、或三十倍。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero el que recibió la semilla que cayó en buen terreno es el que oye la palabra y la entiende. Este sí produce una cosecha al treinta, al sesenta y hasta al ciento por uno».
현대인의 성경 - 그러나 좋은 땅에 뿌려진 씨는 말씀을 듣고 깨닫는 사람을 가리킨다. 그런 사람은 100배, 60배, 또는 30배의 열매를 맺는다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Семя же, посеянное в хорошую почву, – это о человеке, который слышит слово и понимает его. Такой человек приносит плод, кто во сто, кто в шестьдесят, кто в тридцать раз больше посеянного.
Восточный перевод - Семя же, посеянное в хорошую почву, – это о человеке, который слышит слово и понимает его. Такой человек приносит плод, кто во сто, кто в шестьдесят, кто в тридцать раз больше посеянного.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Семя же, посеянное в хорошую почву, – это о человеке, который слышит слово и понимает его. Такой человек приносит плод, кто во сто, кто в шестьдесят, кто в тридцать раз больше посеянного.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Семя же, посеянное в хорошую почву, – это о человеке, который слышит слово и понимает его. Такой человек приносит плод, кто во сто, кто в шестьдесят, кто в тридцать раз больше посеянного.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Un autre enfin a reçu la semence « sur la bonne terre ». C’est celui qui écoute la Parole et la comprend. Alors il porte du fruit : chez l’un, un grain en rapporte cent, chez un autre soixante, chez un autre trente.
リビングバイブル - 最後に、良い地というのは、神のことばに耳を傾け、それを理解する人の心のことです。このような人こそ、三十倍、六十倍、百倍もの実を結ぶことができるのです。」
Nestle Aland 28 - ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν καλὴν γῆν σπαρείς, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων καὶ συνιείς, ὃς δὴ καρποφορεῖ καὶ ποιεῖ ὃ μὲν ἑκατόν, ὃ δὲ ἑξήκοντα, ὃ δὲ τριάκοντα.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν καλὴν γῆν σπαρείς, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων καὶ συνιείς; ὃς δὴ καρποφορεῖ καὶ ποιεῖ, ὃ μὲν ἑκατὸν, ὃ δὲ ἑξήκοντα, ὃ δὲ τριάκοντα.
Nova Versão Internacional - E quanto à semente que caiu em boa terra, esse é o caso daquele que ouve a palavra e a entende, e dá uma colheita de cem, sessenta e trinta por um”.
Hoffnung für alle - Aber dann gibt es auch Menschen, die sind wie der fruchtbare Boden, auf den die Saat fällt: Sie hören Gottes Botschaft, verstehen sie und bringen Frucht, hundert-, sechzig- oder dreißigfach.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Còn hạt giống rơi vào vùng đất tốt chỉ về người nghe Đạo Đức Chúa Trời và hiểu rõ, nên đem lại kết quả dồi dào ba mươi, sáu mươi, hay cả trăm lần như lúc gieo trồng!”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ส่วนเมล็ดพืชซึ่งตกในดินดีนั้นคือผู้ที่ได้ยินพระวจนะและเข้าใจก็เกิดผลร้อยเท่า หกสิบเท่า หรือสามสิบเท่าของที่หว่านลงไป”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เมล็ดพืชที่ตกบนดินดีเปรียบเสมือนคนที่ได้ยินคำกล่าว และเข้าใจ จึงเกิดผลแท้จริงเป็น 100 เท่า 60 และ 30 เท่า”

1 Thessalonians 4:1 - One final word, friends. We ask you—urge is more like it—that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance. You know the guidelines we laid out for you from the Master Jesus. God wants you to live a pure life. Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity.
James 1:22 - Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.
Luke 6:43 - “You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree, nor good apples off a diseased tree. The health of the apple tells the health of the tree. You must begin with your own life-giving lives. It’s who you are, not what you say and do, that counts. Your true being brims over into true words and deeds.
1 Peter 2:1 - So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You’ve had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God’s pure kindness. Then you’ll grow up mature and whole in God.
2 Peter 1:5 - So don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others. With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. Without these qualities you can’t see what’s right before you, oblivious that your old sinful life has been wiped off the books.
Mark 4:20 - “But the seed planted in the good earth represents those who hear the Word, embrace it, and produce a harvest beyond their wildest dreams.”
Hebrews 13:16 - Make sure you don’t take things for granted and go slack in working for the common good; share what you have with others. God takes particular pleasure in acts of worship—a different kind of “sacrifice”—that take place in kitchen and workplace and on the streets.
Luke 8:15 - “But the seed in the good earth—these are the good-hearts who seize the Word and hold on no matter what, sticking with it until there’s a harvest.
2 Thessalonians 2:13 - Meanwhile, we’ve got our hands full continually thanking God for you, our good friends—so loved by God! God picked you out as his from the very start. Think of it: included in God’s original plan of salvation by the bond of faith in the living truth. This is the life of the Spirit he invited you to through the Message we delivered, in which you get in on the glory of our Master, Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 2:6 - And here’s why: God gives out Wisdom free, is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding. He’s a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere. He keeps his eye on all who live honestly, and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones.
Psalms 92:15 - Such witnesses to upright God! My Mountain, my huge, holy Mountain!
John 15:1 - “I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken.
John 15:4 - “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me.
John 15:5 - “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples.
John 15:16 - “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.
2 Corinthians 8:1 - Now, friends, I want to report on the surprising and generous ways in which God is working in the churches in Macedonia province. Fierce troubles came down on the people of those churches, pushing them to the very limit. The trial exposed their true colors: They were incredibly happy, though desperately poor. The pressure triggered something totally unexpected: an outpouring of pure and generous gifts. I was there and saw it for myself. They gave offerings of whatever they could—far more than they could afford!—pleading for the privilege of helping out in the relief of poor Christians.
Psalms 1:1 - How well God must like you— you don’t walk in the ruts of those blind-as-bats, you don’t stand with the good-for-nothings, you don’t take your seat among the know-it-alls.
Psalms 1:2 - Instead you thrill to God’s Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You’re a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.
Galatians 5:22 - But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
Galatians 5:23 - Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.
Matthew 12:33 - “If you grow a healthy tree, you’ll pick healthy fruit. If you grow a diseased tree, you’ll pick worm-eaten fruit. The fruit tells you about the tree.