Luke 8:11

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:11 in Other Translations

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God’s word.

11 "This story is about some of those people. The seed is the Word of God.

11 "This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:11 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this,
&c] "Or this is the sense of the parable", as the Arabic version renders it: "the seed is the word of God", the Gospel, as preached by Christ, his apostles, and faithful ministers, which has God for its author, is concerning the grace of God, and is what he blesses, and makes effectual to answer any good purpose.

Luke 8:11 In-Context

9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.

Cross References

• 1. S Hebrews 4:12