“ And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? ”
See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23 .
Parable of the Sower ( Mark 4:1-20 *, Matthew 13:4-23 *). Having dropped Mk. at Luke 6:19 , Lk. here resumes his predecessor's narrative, though reserving Mark 3:20-35 till later. Lk.'s versi...
What... ? See note on Luke 8:5 . Not the same word as on the later occasion ( Matthew 13:10 ), which was "Why". They knew "what", but desired further information.
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 4:1-23 .
Parable of the Sower. The Demoniac of Gadara 1-3. Tours through Galilee. The ministering women (peculiar to Lk).
(5-15) A sower went out to sow. — See Notes on Matthew 13:3-23 . Better, the sower. The vivid touch that the seed was “trodden down” is peculiar to St. Luke.
Chapter 14 THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. Luke 8:1-18 IN a single parenthetical sentence our Evangelist indicates a marked change in the mode of the Divine ministry. Hitherto "His own city," Capern...
Various Hearers of the Word of God Luke 8:1-15 Hitherto our Lord had made Capernaum His center; now He started on a circuit through the province of Galilee, going through its cities and village...
Luke here refers to our Lord's journeyings, and reveals the interesting and beautiful fact of how women of wealth provided for him on the material level, ministering to Him of their substance. At th...
(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 i...
And his disciples asked him ,.... That is, as Mark says, "when he was alone"; after the multitude were departed, and they were by themselves, it may be in some house with other disciples: saying,...
And when much people were gathered together To be instructed by his discourse, as well as to see, or be healed by, his miracles; and were come to him In crowds; out of every city In that part o...
WOMEN PROVIDING FOR THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-3) The grace of the heart of the Lord Jesus must be made known through all the country, though not yet in its fullness, nor as resulting from the value of...
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 para...
See Poole on " Luke 8:4 "
Chapter 8. Jesus Proclaims the Parables of the Kingly Rule of God (8:1-18). Having commenced this part section with the new Law of the Kingly Rule of God ( Luke 6:20-49 ), and having in various w...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 8:4 . A parable .—The word “parable” means a putting forth of one thing beside another for the purpose of comparison between them. Christ’s adoption of this mode of teaching...
Luke 8:1 . And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, Our Lord's di...
Luke 8:2 . Mary, called Magdalene. Origen reckons three women who anointed the Saviour. The first, in the house of Simon the pharisee. Luke 7:37 . The second, the woman who anointed him six days...
A Sower went out to sow his seed Parable of the Sower I. BY THE WAYSIDE. 1. The design intended in God’s ordinance of preaching--what is it? We answer, your salvation. 2. The means of bec...
EXPOSITION Luke 8:1-42 St. Luke ' s brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus. Luke 8:1 And it came to pass afterward . St. Luke here notices an alteration...
And His disciples asked Him, saying, What might this parable be?
Hosea 6:3 ; John 15:15 ; Mark 4:10 ; Mark 4:34 ; Mark 7:17 ; Mark 7:18 ; Matthew 13:10 ; Matthew 13:18 ; Matthew 13:36 ; Matthew 15:15