THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW - Chapter 13 - Verse 23

Verse 23. Into the good ground. Those whose hearts are prepared by grace to receive it honestly, and to give it full opportunity to grow. In a rich and mellow soil -- a heart that submits itself to the full influence of truth, unchecked by cares and anxieties; under the showers and summer suns of Divine grace; with the heart spread open, like a broad luxuriant field, to the rays of the morning, and to evening dews -- the gospel takes deep root, and grows; it has full room, and then and there only shows what it is.

{p} "beareth fruit" John 15:5