Seed That Fell on Good Ground - Luke 8:8

Luke the beloved physician shared how Jesus said, “A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it”, and in chapter eight and verse eight of his book Luke shared how Jesus said some seed, “fell on good ground” where we read:

And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.

And when he had said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

The verse reads, “And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.” Luke began with the words, “and other fell” or “and some other of the seed sown descended and lit” “on good ground” which means “upon useful, salutary, pleasant, joyful, excellent and honorable earth”, “and sprung up” or “and grew, shot forth and germinated”, “and bare fruit” which means “and produced, made ready and caused effects, results and harvest” “an hundredfold” or “a hundred times as much”. Luke shared how Jesus referred to seed that descended upon “useful and excellent” earth which “germinated” and produced “one hundred times” as much harvest as was originally planted.

The verse continues, “And when he had said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.” Luke added the words, “and when” which means “and at the time and moment” “he had said these things” or “Jesus uttered, declared and proclaimed the words in the parable of the sower”, “he cried” which means “Jesus began to speak with a loud voice and said”, “He that has ears to hear” or “the person whether male or female who has ears that attend to, consider, understand and perceive what He said”, “let him hear” which means “allow and permit that person to attend to, consider, understand and perceive what He said”. Luke shared how Jesus loudly proclaimed an invitation to everyone who “had ears to hear” to listen to what He proclaimed.

When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we see how Jesus ended His parable of the sower who sowed seed. This example was concerning the “seed” that descended upon the “good earth”. Not only did this seed germinate, but it produced “one hundred times” the amount that originally was planted. This is what God desires in every person who will submit their lives to His Son Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord”. Like a plant that produces many fold the amount originally planted, God desires for people to produce the “fruit” of His Kingdom in their lives. Those who yield their lives to Jesus will find God an attentive keeper, and He will produce through them more abundant “fruit” than they ever thought possible by themselves.

Next time Luke shares how Jesus' disciples ask Him, “what might this parable be?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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