20 And those are the ones sown on the good soil, who hear the word and receive it and bear fruit—one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred times as much.”
21 And he said to them, “Surely a lamp is not brought so that it may be put under a bushel basket or under a bed, is it? Is it not so that it may be put on a lampstand?
22 For nothing is secret except so that it may be revealed, nor has become hidden except so that it will come to light.
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
24 And he said to them, “Take care what you hear! With the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you, and will be added to you.
25 For whoever has, more will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is like this: like a man scatters seed on the ground.