to grant us without fear, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, to serve him

and some fell on good ground, and growing up bore fruit a hundred fold. Having said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

But that on the good ground signifies those who, with a noble and good heart, hearing the word retain it, and bear fruit persistently.

And he said to his vine dresser, Behold, I have come three years seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none; cut it down; why should it make the ground unproductive?

And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was like large drops of blood falling down to the ground.