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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...
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 fur...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
The Interpretation of the Parable: The Kingly Rule of God Is Being Built Up By The Spreading of the Word (8:9-15). ‘And his disciples asked him wh...
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 8:1 . 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?...
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...
And His disciples asked Him, saying, What might this parable be?
The explanation of the parable:
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
9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?