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 doth this parable mean? 10And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13They on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Luke 8:11 word by word

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

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850
• isἐστίesti · he isG2076
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• seedσπόροςsporos · seedG4703
• wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Luke 8:11

• Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Matthew 13:19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side.
• Mark 4:14The sower soweth the word.
• 1 Corinthians 3:6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God hath given the increase.
• James 1:21Therefore put away all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
• 1 Peter 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Word of God
• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Jesus Christ

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