John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:8
But others fell into good ground ,.... Not beaten and trodden by the feet of men, nor stony, nor thorny, but well broke up, manured, and tilled; which designs good, honest hearted hearers who become so by the Spirit and grace of God; who with a spiritual understanding, experience, savour, and relish, what they hear; see Matthew 13:23 and brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold : some seeds produced an hundred, others sixty, and others thirty. The... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:7
And some fell among thorns ,.... On a spot of ground which was full of the roots of thorns, and briars, which was not cleared of them as it should be. We often read F5 Misn. Sheviith, c. 4. sect. 2. T. Hieros. Sheviith, fol. 34. 3. & 35. 1. T. Bab. Bechorot, fol. 34. 2. of שדה שנתקוצה , "a field cleared of thorns"; but such was not this piece of ground, it was overrun with them, not on the surface of the earth, but within it: for it follows, and the thorns sprung up :... read more