Know the Text⌕

Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.

Read›Luke›Chapter 8

The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:11

In 9 translations

BSB
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
KJV
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
WEB
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
ASV
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
LSV
And this is the allegory: the seed is the word of God,
YLT
'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,
DBY
But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.Elohim
DRC
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
GNV
The parable is this, The seede is the worde of God.

Word by word Greek · tap a word

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἔστιν δὲ αὕτη ἡ παραβολή· Ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ.
RP2018
Ἔστιν δὲ αὕτη ἡ παραβολή· Ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Ἔστι δὲ αὕτη ἡ παραβολή· Ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ.
SCR1894
εστιν δε αυτη η παραβολη ο σπορος εστιν ο λογος του θεου

Who and where

👤 God◆ Seaside Parables and Miracle

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 1:23–25For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers…
  • Matthew 13:19When 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.
  • Mark 4:14–20The farmer sows the word. 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. Some are like the seeds sown on rocky…
  • James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:6–7I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:9–12For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he…
  • Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Report a problem

Found something wrong, unsourced or unfair? Tell us; every report is read. Please don’t include personal information.

↑