The Parable of the Sower - Matthew 13

Was reading a commentary on Matthew 13, about the famous parable of the sower.

Fascinating non-trivial trivia:
Did you know that the avg. Palestinian soil, while much more fertile than its Roman or even Egyptian counterparts, usually yielded about 7 or 7.5 times the seed sown?

And Jesus said that the one who receives the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it - that man produces a crop which produces a yield of at least 30 times what was sown! Imagine that... food (literally) for thought.