Luke 8:4-11

Parable of the Sower

4 ¹When a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable:

5 "The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.

6 "Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

7 "Other seed fell among * the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.

8 "Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great." As He said these things, He would call out, "²He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

9 ³His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.

10 And He said, "⁴To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that ⁵SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.

11 "Now the parable is this: ⁶the seed is the word of God.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 8:4-8: {Matthew 13:2-9; Mark 4:1-9}
• 2. Matthew 11:15; Mark 7:16; Luke 14:35; Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22; Revelation 13:9
• 3. Luke 8:9-15: {Matthew 13:10-23; Mark 4:10-20}
• 4. Matthew 13:11
• 5. Isaiah 6:9; Matthew 13:14; Acts 28:26
• 6. 1 Peter 1:23

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "heaven"
• [b]. Or "hear!" Or "listen!"