Luke 8:10
And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest they are in parables, that 1 ‘Seeing they may not see, 1 And hearing they may not understand.’ 1 The Parable of the Sower Explained
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
9Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”
11“Now this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11He answered and said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Mark 4:11And He said to them, “Unto you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things are spoken in parables,
John 12:40“ He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, 1 lest they should see with their eyes, 1 lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, 1 and I would heal them.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22
The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →