Luke 8:4-8

The Parable of the Sower

4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable: ¹

5 “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.

8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Cross References

• 1. (Matthew 13:1–23; Mark 4:1–20)