Luke 8:6
4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
5 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.
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.
8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
- KJV
- And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
- WEB
- Some seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
- ASV
- And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
- DARBY
- and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;
- BLB
- And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it withered because of [it] not having moisture.
- ÅB
- Og noe falt på stengrunn; og da det var vokst opp, visnet det, fordi det ikke hadde væte.
- OTB
- Noe falt på steingrunn, og da det vokste opp, visnet det fordi det manglet fuktighet.
- B1930
- Og noget falt på stengrunn; og da det var vokset op, visnet det, fordi det ikke hadde væte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 8:13
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Read in contextHebrews 3:7–8
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Read in contextMark 4:5–6
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Read in contextRomans 2:4–5
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Read in contextJeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Read in contextMark 4:16–17
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
Read in contextHebrews 3:15
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Read in contextMatthew 13:20–21
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
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