Luke 8:15 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Luke 8:15 Mean?
Last comes the good ground: those who hear the word in an honest and good heart, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. Luke alone records that phrase, an honest and good heart, and that the fruit comes with patience.
Three movements mark the fruitful life: they hear, they keep, they bear. The honest heart is not a sinless one but an undeceived one; it lets the word in and refuses to let it go. And the fruit comes with patience, through seasons, not in a sprint. Faithfulness is measured in harvests, and harvests take time. The word held fast in such a heart will not fail to bear, for the life is in the seed.
Luke 8:15 in the Original Language
hypomone (ὑπομονή), 'patience' -- steadfast endurance that holds on under a long load.
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What does Luke 8:15 mean?
The good-ground hearers keep the word in an honest and good heart and bear fruit with patience.