Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell beside the road and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

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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.

In Context

4While a large crowd of people was gathering, and people were coming to him from town after town, he told a parable:

6Some fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:11When the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Matthew 5:13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again? It is never again good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

Matthew 13:18Listen then to the parable of the farmer who sowed his seed.

Matthew 13:37Jesus answered and said, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

Mark 4:15These are the ones that fall beside the road, where the word was sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

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

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 →

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