Luke 8:10
He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but for others I speak in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
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In Context
9His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Cross References
Psalms 25:14The friendship of Yahweh is for those who honor him, 1 and he makes his covenant known to them. 1
Isaiah 29:14Therefore, see, I will proceed to do a marvelous thing among this people, wonder after wonder. 1 The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will disappear.” 1
Jeremiah 5:21'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding; 1 who have eyes but you cannot see, and you have ears but you cannot hear. 1
Matthew 13:11Jesus answered and said to them, “You have been given the privilege of understanding mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Mark 4:11He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is in parables, 1
John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes, and he has hardened their hearts; 1 otherwise they would see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, 1 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 →