Luke 8 · Verse 11

Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 8:11, King James Version

Luke 8:11 in other translations

BSBNow this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
WEB“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
ASVNow the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
YLT‘And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,
DARBYBut the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
BBENow this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
WebsterNow the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

What does Luke 8:11 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 11.

(l) "Now, the parable is this:" Mt 13:18, Mk 4:14 (m) "seed" 1Pet 1:23

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:4-21

There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear…

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Luke 8:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἔστινestinIsG1510
δὲdenowG1161
αὕτηhautēthisG3778
ἡhētheG3588
παραβολή·parabolēparable:G3850
ὁhoTheG3588
σπόροςsporosseedG4703
ἐστὶνestinisG1510
ὁhotheG3588
λόγοςlogoswordG3056
τοῦtou<the>G3588
θεοῦ.theouof God.G2316

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 8:11

  • 1 Peter 1:23-25

    Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

  • Mark 4:14-20

    The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. …

  • Matthew 13:19

    When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

  • James 1:21

    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

    I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

  • Isaiah 8:20

    To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:9-12

    For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The seed.
Isa 8:20; Mt 13:19; Mr 4:14-20; 1Co 3:6,7,9-12; Jas 1:21
1Pe 1:23-25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 8:10

    And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

  • Luke 8:11

    Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

  • Luke 8:12

    Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

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Luke 8:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Es pues ésta la parábola: La simiente es la palabra de Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Or voici ce qu’est la parabole: La semence est la parole de Dieu;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dies aber ist das Gleichnis: Der Same ist das Wort Gottes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Est autem hæc parabola: Semen est verbum Dei.