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- adjective By a
multiple ofsixty ; by sixty times as much or as many. - adverb By a
factor ofsixty .
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Examples
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"sixtyfold" the intermediate degrees of fruitfulness.
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Matthew 13. 1999
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But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Reply Obj. 2: The hundredfold fruit is ascribed to virginity, according to Jerome [* Ep. cxxiii ad Ageruch.], on account of its superiority to widowhood, to which the sixtyfold fruit is ascribed, and to marriage, to which is ascribed the thirtyfold fruit.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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These brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
The Gospel of Matthew for Readers Lightheart
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As Truth is one and Error manifold, so in regard to the seed sown, the story of failure is long and varied, the story of success is short and simple: "Other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold."
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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These brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
All Four Gospels for Readers Anonymous
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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Alexander Maclaren 1868
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