And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Ver. 8. Fruit that sprang up and increased] This is spoken in opposition to the thorny ground, where the thorns grow up together with the grain, and shaded it; whereas the good ground brings forth fruit increasing, and ascending: αναβαινοντα και αυξανοντα, and although it have many thorns, yet grace is superior to corruption, and keeps it under.