Luke 8:4-15
The Parable of the Sower
4 aAnd when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 b“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, cit withered away, because it had no moisture. 7And some fell among dthorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded ea hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, f“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”The Purpose of the Parables
9And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10he said, g“To you it has been given to know hthe secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so ithat ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ 11 jNow the parable is this: The seed is kthe word of God. 12The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not lbelieve and be saved. 13And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it mwith joy. But these have no root; they nbelieve for a while, and in time of testing ofall away. 14And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but pas they go on their way they are choked by the qcares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and rbear fruit swith patience.
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