Luke 8:11

Luke 8:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Context of Luke 8:11

9And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be? 10And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved. 13But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.

Luke 8:11 word by word

ἔστιν δὲ αὕτη ἡ παραβολή· ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear

• parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• seedσπόροςsporos · seedG4703
• wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Luke 8:11

• Isaiah 8:20To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.
• Matthew 13:19From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand [it], the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.
• Mark 4:14The sower sows the word:
• 1 Corinthians 3:6I have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase.
• James 1:21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
• 1 Peter 1:23being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.

Commentaries on Luke 8:11

• 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. 11the seed is the word of God: This means Jesus is preaching the good news about God's kingdom.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:11

• Agriculture
• Character
• Converts
• Hearers
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Word of God

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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