BLESSED IS "THE GOOD GROUND"

16 "But
blessed are your eyes for they see,
and
your ears for they hear;
17 for assuredly,
I say to you that many prophets
and righteous men
desired to see what you see,
and
did not see it,
and to hear what you hear,
and
did not hear it.
18
"Therefore
hear the parable of the sower:
19
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom,
and
does not understand it,
then the wicked one comes
and
snatches away what was sown
in his heart.
This is he who received seed by the wayside.
20
But
he who received the seed on stony places,
this is he who hears the word
and immediately receives it with joy;
21
yet he has no root in himself,
but
endures only for a while.
For
when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word,
immediately
he stumbles.
22
Now he who received seed among the thorns
is he who hears the word,
and the cares of this world
and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word,
and
he becomes unfruitful.
23
But he who received seed on the good ground
is he who hears the word
and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit
and produces:
some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."
Matt 13:16-23 (NKJV)