Luke 8:6

Luke 8:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
• New International Version (NIV)Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture.

Context of Luke 8:6

4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable: 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. Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings. 8Still 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.”

Luke 8:6 word by word

καὶ ἕτερον κατέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, καὶ φυὲν ἐξηράνθη διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἰκμάδα.Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Someἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• fellκαταπίπτωkatapiptō · to fall downG2667
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• rocky groundπέτραpetra · rockG4073
• when it came upφύωphuō · to growG5453
• witheredξηραίνωxērainō · to dryG3583
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• they hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noμήmē · notG3361
• moistureἰκμάςhikmas · moistureG2429

Cross-references for Luke 8:6

• Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
• Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
• Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
• Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
• Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
• Matthew 13:5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
• Mark 4:5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
• Mark 4:17But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
• Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
• Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

Commentaries on Luke 8:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-15Verses 4-15 See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-21Verses 4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6fell on rocky ground: There was often a limestone layer 23 to 30.5 centimeters (9 to 12 inches) under the soil, so that the rain was trapped and seed sprouted quickly in the moist soil. But when the rain stopped, the sun evaporated the trapped moisture and the plant died.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:6

• Agriculture
• Character
• Converts
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Sower
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Jesus Christ
• Lack
• Luke, the Gospel of
• sow, sower, plant, planted, replanted, transplanted

Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings