“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.”
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop — the good soil people have a noble and good heart (kardia kalē kai agathē) — an ideal from Greek moral philosophy that Luke applies to the kingdom. Retain (kateochousin, hold firm) and persevering (en hypomonē, in patience/endurance) communicate the sustained faithfulness that produces fruit. Endurance through the trials that destroyed the rocky-ground faith is the distinctive characteristic.
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