Luke 8:5
3 Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
- KJV
- A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
- WEB
- “The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
- ASV
- The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.
- DARBY
- The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up;
- BLB
- “The one sowing went out to sow his seed. And in his sowing, some indeed fell along the path, and it was trampled upon, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
- ÅB
- En såmann gikk ut for å så sin sæd, og da han sådde, falt noe ved veien; og det ble trådt ned, og himmelens fugler spiste det opp.
- OTB
- "En såmann gikk ut for å så sitt korn. Da han sådde, falt noe ved veien; det ble tråkket ned, og himmelens fugler åt det opp.
- B1930
- En såmann gikk ut for å så sin sæd, og da han sådde, falt noget ved veien; og det blev trådt ned, og himmelens fugler åt det op.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 2:1
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Read in contextJames 1:23–24
For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
Read in contextMark 4:15
Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
Read in contextLuke 8:11–12
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Read in contextMark 4:26–29
Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
Read in contextGenesis 15:11
And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
Read in contextPsalms 119:118
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
Read in contextMatthew 13:3–4
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Read in context