“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.”
Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times — the yield figures (thirty, sixty, a hundred times) are extraordinary by ancient agricultural standards, where a tenfold return was considered excellent. The exaggerated abundance communicates the kingdom's supernatural fruitfulness: not merely good returns but overwhelmingly abundant harvest. The three levels of abundance (thirty, sixty, a hundred) communicate that fruitfulness varies among the good soil group — not all bear equally, but all bear abundantly by normal standards. The kingdom's harvest is disproportionate to the sowing — the logic of grace exceeds the logic of agriculture.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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