Luke 8:11
9 Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
10 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
12 The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
13 The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
- KJV
- Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- WEB
- “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- ASV
- Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- DARBY
- But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- BLB
- And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.
- ÅB
- Men dette er lignelsen: Sæden er Guds ord.
- OTB
- "Lignelsens mening er denne: Kornet er Guds ord.
- B1930
- Men dette er lignelsen: Sæden er Guds ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 1:23–25
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Read in contextMark 4:14–20
The farmer sows the word.
Read in contextMatthew 13:19
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Read in contextJames 1:21
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:6–7
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:9–12
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Read in context