Luke 8:5
3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
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.
6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
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
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Read in contextJames 1:23–24
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Read in contextMark 4:15
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Read in contextLuke 8:11–12
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Read in contextMark 4:26–29
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Read in contextGenesis 15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Read in contextPsalms 119:118
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Read in contextMatthew 13:3–4
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
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