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 one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable: 5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it. Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture. 7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it. 8But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

Luke 8:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• someἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• a rockὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• a rockπέτραpetra · rockG4073
• as soon as it was sprung upφύωphuō · to growG5453
• it withered awayξηραίνωxērainō · to dryG3583
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• lackedμήmē · notG3361
• lackedἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• moistureἰκμάςhikmas · moistureG2429

Cross-references for Luke 8:6

• Luke 8:13Those on the rock 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 a time of testing fall away.
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
• Ezekiel 11:19I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts,
• Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh.
• Amos 6:12Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.
• Matthew 13:5Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.
• Mark 4:5Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.
• Mark 4:17But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
• Romans 2:4Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
• Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

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