Luke 8:5

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Luke 8:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.

4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:

5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.

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Luke 8:11

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

Matthew 13:3

And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 13:4

And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Matthew 13:18

Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

Matthew 13:24

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:25

But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

Matthew 13:26

When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

Matthew 13:37

He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

Mark 4:2

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

Mark 4:3

“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Mark 4:4

And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Mark 4:15

Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Mark 4:26

Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

Mark 4:27

Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

Mark 4:28

All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

Mark 4:29

And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Luke 8:12

The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Hebrews 2:1

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

James 1:23

For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

James 1:24

and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

Psalms 119:118

You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

Matthew 5:13

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Genesis 15:11

And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.