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Luke 8:5-15

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5 1“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, 2it withered away, because it had no moisture.
7 And some fell among 3thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded 4a hundredfold. ”As he said these things, he called out, 5“He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ”

The Purpose of the Parables

9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
10 he said, 6“To you it has been given to know 7the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so 8that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. ’
11 9Now the parable is this: The seed is 10the word of God.
12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not 11believe and be saved.
13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it 12with joy. But these have no root; they 13believe for a while, and in time of testing 14fall away.
14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but 15as they go on their way they are choked by the 16cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and 17bear fruit 18with patience.
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  • 1. 8:5 [Isa. 55:10; Amos 9:13]
  • 2. 8:6 John 15:6
  • 3. 8:7 Jer. 4:3
  • 4. 8:8 Gen. 26:12
  • 5. 8:8 See Matt. 11:15
  • 6. 8:10 Matt. 19:11; Col. 1:27; [1 Cor. 2:6-10; 1 John 2:20, 27]; See Matt. 11:25
  • 7. 8:10 See Rom. 16:25
  • 8. 8:10 Isa. 6:9, 10; See Matt. 13:13
  • 9. 8:11 For ver. 11-15, see Matt. 13:18-23; Mark 4:13-20
  • 10. 8:11 ch. 1:2; Mark 2:2; 4:33; Acts 8:4; James 1:21
  • 11. 8:12 See Mark 16:16
  • 12. 8:13 [Isa. 58:2; Ezek. 33:31, 32; Mark 6:20; John 5:35]
  • 13. 8:13 Gal. 1:6; [Hos. 6:4; Gal. 5:7]
  • 14. 8:13 1 Tim. 4:1; Heb. 3:12
  • 15. 8:14 [James 1:11]
  • 16. 8:14 See Matt. 6:25
  • 17. 8:15 Hos. 14:8; John 15:5, 6; Phil. 1:11; Col. 1:6
  • 18. 8:15 James 5:7; See Heb. 10:36
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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