Luke 8:11 “Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.”

Luke 8:11

Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

World English Bible

“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

American Standard Version

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Geneva Bible 1599

The parable is this, The seede is the worde of God.

Darby Translation

But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Young's Literal Translation

'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

Bible in Basic English

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

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Cross references

“The seed”

1 Peter 1:23–25 Matthew 13:19 Mark 4:14–20 James 1:21 Isaiah 8:20 1 Corinthians 3:9–12

1 Peter 1:23–25 · BSB

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Matthew 13:19 · BSB

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

Mark 4:14–20 · BSB

The farmer sows the word.

James 1:21 · BSB

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

Isaiah 8:20 · BSB

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

1 Corinthians 3:9–12 · BSB

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

12The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

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