Luke 8:8
Some fell into the good ground and grew and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
7Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
9Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
Cross References
Genesis 26:12Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. The LORD blessed him.
Proverbs 8:1Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
Jeremiah 13:15Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud, for the LORD has spoken.
Matthew 11:15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 13:23What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Mark 4:20Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
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 →