Luke 8:10
But he said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those who are the rest in similitudes is it spoken; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
9And his disciples asked him, What is (the signification of) this parable?
11But this is the parable: The seed is the word of Aloha.
Cross References
Matthew 13:11He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given.
Mark 4:11And Jeshu said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those without every thing is in parables:
John 12:40He hath blinded their eyes, And darkened their heart, That they should not see with their eyes, And understand with their heart, And be turned, and I should 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 →