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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, thoug...
is . means. Figure of speech Metaphor (App-6): i.e. represents. word . Greek. logos. God . App-98.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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...
Parable of the Sower. The Demoniac of Gadara 1-3. Tours through Galilee. The ministering women (peculiar to Lk).
Parable of the Sower ( Matthew 13:1 ; Mark 4:1 ). See on Mt.
(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...
The seed is the word of God. — This takes the place in St. Luke’s interpretation of “the word of the kingdom” in St. Matthew. The “word of God” is...
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 th...
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 provinc...
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 le...
(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:...
THE WORD AS THE SEED ‘Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.’ Luke 8:11 All our Lord’s teaching is most truly practical, and...
Now the parable is this , &c] "Or this is the sense of the parable", as the Arabic version renders it: "the seed is the word of God", the Gospel...
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...
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...
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 i...
The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were...
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 Rul...
‘Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.' He explained that the seed represented the Good News of the Kingly Rule of God, the word of...
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...
Luke 8:11 Use the Bible. I. God's Word is a portion of the food He has given to man to live by. It is the spiritual sustenance He has provided to...
Luke 8:11-12 I. The seed is the Word of God. And thus we are taught (1) That it is not in the hearers themselves. It is no result of their reasoni...
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...
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...
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?...
The seed is the Word of God The seed I. THE TRUTH TAUGHT, THE SEED SOWN BY JESUS CHRIST, THE GREAT SOWER. 1. The necessity of repentance....
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 pa...
The explanation of the parable:
Wow the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God,
1 Corinthians 3:6 ; 1 Corinthians 3:7 ; 1 Corinthians 3:9-12 ; 1 Peter 1:23-25 ; Isaiah 8:20 ; James 1:21 ; Mark 4:14 ; Matthew 13:19
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.