30 Fold, 60 Fold, 100 fold: Does It Mean Money?
GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU
I received an email response to giving this week. It said “Thank you for supporting us, we are praying God will return your gift to you 30 fold, 60 fold, or 100 fold.” Is that a correct Scriptural reference? I had not thought about it previously. As I looked into it I came to the conclusion — no it is not a correct Scriptural reference.
Five passages in the New Testament refer to the 30 fold, 60 fold, and 100 fold return.
1. **Matthew 13:8 (ESV)**
“Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
2. **Matthew 13:23 (ESV)**
“As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
3. **Mark 4:8 (ESV)**
“And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
4. **Mark 4:20 (ESV)**
“But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
