Luke 8:11

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

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ἔστιν estin Is G1510 δὲ de now G1161 αὕτη hautē this G3778 ἡ hē the G3588 παραβολή parabolē parable G3850 ὁ ho The G3588 σπόρος sporos seed G4703 ἐστὶν estin is G1510 ὁ ho the G3588 λόγος logos word G3056 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 θεοῦ theou of God G2316

The early church

(Hom. 44. in Matt.) And to sum up many things in a few words. Some indeed as careless hearers, some as weak, but others as the very slaves of pleasure and worldly things, hold aloof from what is good. The order of the way side, the rock, and the thorns is well, for we have first need of recollection and caution, next of fortitude, and then of contempt of things present. He therefore places the good ground in opposition to the way, the rock, and the thorns. But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, &c. For they who are on the way side keep not the word, but the devil takes away their seed. But they who are on the rock sustain not patiently the assaults of temptation through weakness. But they who are among thorns bear no fruit, but are choked.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(in Hom. 15 in Ev.) But our Lord condescended to explain what He said, that we might know how to seek for explanation in those things which He is unwilling to explain through Himself. For it follows, Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Gregory the Dialogist · d. 604Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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; to take heed lest we hear carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to our spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained. The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Great encouragement is given to those who prove themselves faithful hearers of the word, by being doers of the work. Christ owns them as his relations.

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