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As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. <a href="/nlt/luke/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> “A farmer went out to plant his seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it. <a href="/esv/luke/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> “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. <a href="/bsb/luke/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. <a href="/blb/luke/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> "The one sowing went out to sow his seed. And in his sowing, some indeed fell along the road, and it was trampled upon, and the birds of the air devoured it. <a href="/kjv/luke/8.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/luke/8.htm">New King James Version</a> “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it. <a href="/nasb_/luke/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate it up. <a href="/nasb/luke/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up. <a href="/nasb77/luke/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road; and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the air ate it up. <a href="/lsb/luke/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up. <a href="/amp/luke/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate it up. <a href="/csb/luke/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some seed fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky devoured it. <a href="/hcsb/luke/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate it up. <a href="/asv/luke/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it. <a href="/cev/luke/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field. While the farmer was doing this, some of the seeds fell along the road and were stepped on or eaten by birds. <a href="/erv/luke/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it. <a href="/gwt/luke/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "A farmer went to plant his seeds. Some seeds were planted along the road, were trampled, and were devoured by birds. <a href="/gnt/luke/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it up. <a href="/isv/luke/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and birds from the sky ate them up. <a href="/msb/luke/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. <a href="/net/luke/8.htm">NET Bible</a> "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it. <a href="/nheb/luke/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. <a href="/wbt/luke/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/wey/luke/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up. <a href="/web/luke/8.htm">World English Bible</a> “The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the birds of the sky devoured it. <a href="/blb/luke/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> "The one sowing went out to sow his seed. And in his sowing, some indeed fell along the road, and it was trampled upon, and the birds of the air devoured it. <a href="/ylt/luke/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it. <a href="/slt/luke/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some truly fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the fowls of heaven devoured it.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The 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. <a href="/cpdv/luke/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> “The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell beside the way; and it was trampled and the birds of the air devoured it. <a href="/nabre/luke/8.htm">New American Bible</a> “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. <a href="/nrsvce/luke/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The sower went out to sow his seed. And when he sowed, some fell on the roadside; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds ate it. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, there was that which fell on the side of the road and it was trampled and a bird ate it.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> The sower went forth to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the birds of the air ate it up. <a href="/godbey/luke/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>A sower went out to sow his seed. And while he was sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the road side, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it up. <a href="/mace/luke/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a> a husbandman went out to sow his corn: and as he was sowing, some fell upon the beaten road, which was crush'd under foot, or devoured by the birds. <a href="/wey/luke/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up. <a href="/worrell/luke/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>"The sower went forth to sow his seed. And in his sowing some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he was sowing, some fell by the way-<Fr>side,<FR> and was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/8-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=3014" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/8.htm">The Parable of the Sower</a> 4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable: 5<a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">“</a> <a href="/greek/4687.htm" title="4687: speirōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.">A farmer</a> <a href="/greek/1831.htm" title="1831: Exēlthen (V-AIA-3S) -- To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.">went out</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4687.htm" title="4687: speirai (V-ANA) -- To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.">to sow</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">his</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4703.htm" title="4703: sporon (N-AMS) -- Seed for sowing. From speiro; a scattering, i.e. seed.">seed.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">as</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">he</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4687.htm" title="4687: speirein (V-PNA) -- To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow.">was sowing,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ho (RelPro-NNS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">some seed</a> <a href="/greek/3303.htm" title="3303: men (Conj) -- A primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession; usually followed by a contrasted clause with de."></a> <a href="/greek/4098.htm" title="4098: epesen (V-AIA-3S) -- A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.">fell</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: para (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. ">along</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3598.htm" title="3598: hodon (N-AFS) -- A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.">path,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">where</a> <a href="/greek/2662.htm" title="2662: katepatēthē (V-AIP-3S) -- From kata and pateo; to trample down; figuratively, to reject with disdain.">it was trampled,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-NNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4071.htm" title="4071: peteina (N-NNP) -- A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird.">birds</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">air</a> <a href="/greek/2719.htm" title="2719: katephagen (V-AIA-3S) -- To eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure. From kata and esthio; to eat down, i.e. Devour.">devoured</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auto (PPro-AN3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">it. </a> 6Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/13-3.htm">Matthew 13:3-9</a> And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed. / And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. / Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow. ... <a href="/mark/4-3.htm">Mark 4:3-9</a> “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. / And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. / Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow. ... <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it. <a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5-6</a> Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain. <a href="/hosea/10-12.htm">Hosea 10:12</a> Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain. <a href="/jeremiah/4-3.htm">Jeremiah 4:3</a> For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6-9</a> I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. / He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. ... <a href="/james/1-21.htm">James 1:21</a> Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls. <a href="/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a> Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. / Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. <a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a> Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. <a href="/matthew/13-18.htm">Matthew 13:18-23</a> Consider, then, the parable of the sower: / When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. / The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. ... <a href="/mark/4-14.htm">Mark 4:14-20</a> The farmer sows the word. / Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. / Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. ... <a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">Isaiah 28:23-29</a> Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say. / Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? / When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border. ... <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a> I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.sower.<a href="/luke/8-11.htm">Luke 8:11</a> Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.<a href="/matthew/13-3.htm">Matthew 13:3,4,18,19,24-26,37</a> And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; … <a href="/mark/4-2.htm">Mark 4:2-4,15,26-29</a> And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, … fell.<a href="/luke/8-12.htm">Luke 8:12</a> 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.<a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Hebrews 2:1</a> Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.<a href="/james/1-23.htm">James 1:23,24</a> For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: … it.<a href="/psalms/119-118.htm">Psalm 119:118</a> Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.<a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a> Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.and the.<a href="/genesis/15-11.htm">Genesis 15:11</a> And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/15-9.htm">Additions</a> <a href="/mark/4-32.htm">Air</a> <a href="/matthew/2-4.htm">Assembling</a> <a href="/luke/2-24.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/luke/7-24.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/mark/4-4.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/mark/12-42.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/mark/12-2.htm">Farmer</a> <a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/luke/4-12.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/luke/8-2.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/mark/4-32.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/luke/8-4.htm">Great</a> <a href="/luke/6-24.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/luke/8-4.htm">Parable</a> <a href="/luke/6-24.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/luke/3-5.htm">Road</a> <a href="/mark/4-4.htm">Scattering</a> <a href="/luke/1-55.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/luke/6-30.htm">Side</a> <a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/mark/4-14.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/mark/4-4.htm">Sowed</a> <a href="/mark/4-14.htm">Sower</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/luke/7-29.htm">Way</a> <a href="/mark/10-46.htm">Wayside</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/7-29.htm">Additions</a> <a href="/luke/8-6.htm">Air</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">Assembling</a> <a href="/luke/8-6.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/luke/8-19.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/luke/15-30.htm">Devoured</a> <a href="/luke/16-17.htm">Dropped</a> <a href="/john/15-1.htm">Farmer</a> <a href="/luke/8-6.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/luke/12-1.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/luke/8-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/luke/9-58.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/luke/8-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/luke/9-16.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/luke/8-9.htm">Parable</a> <a href="/luke/9-11.htm">Receiving</a> <a href="/luke/8-12.htm">Road</a> <a href="/luke/11-23.htm">Scattering</a> <a href="/luke/8-6.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/luke/8-12.htm">Side</a> <a href="/luke/9-16.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/luke/8-6.htm">Sow</a> <a href="/luke/13-19.htm">Sowed</a> <a href="/luke/8-6.htm">Sower</a> <a href="/luke/12-1.htm">Trampled</a> <a href="/luke/8-6.htm">Trodden</a> <a href="/luke/8-12.htm">Way</a> <a href="/luke/8-12.htm">Wayside</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 8</div>1. <a href="/luke/8-1.htm">Women minister unto Jesus of their own means.</a> 4. <a href="/luke/8-4.htm">Jesus, after he had preached from place to place,</a> 9. <a href="/luke/8-9.htm">explains the parable of the sower,</a> 16. <a href="/luke/8-16.htm">and the candle;</a> 19. <a href="/luke/8-19.htm">declares who are his mother, and brothers;</a> 22. <a href="/luke/8-22.htm">rebukes the winds;</a> 26. <a href="/luke/8-26.htm">casts the legion of demons out of the man into the herd of pigs;</a> 37. <a href="/luke/8-37.htm">is rejected by the Gadarenes;</a> 43. <a href="/luke/8-43.htm">heals the woman of her bleeding;</a> 49. <a href="/luke/8-49.htm">and raises Jairus's daughter from death.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>A farmer went out to sow his seed. In the agrarian society of first-century Palestine, farming was a common occupation, and Jesus often used agricultural metaphors to convey spiritual truths. The farmer represents anyone who spreads the word of God, including Jesus Himself and later His disciples. The act of sowing seed symbolizes the dissemination of the Gospel message. This imagery is rooted in Old Testament passages like <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a>, where God's word is compared to rain and snow that water the earth, ensuring it yields a harvest.And as he was sowing, The continuous action of sowing indicates the ongoing effort required in spreading the Gospel. It suggests diligence and persistence, as the farmer does not control where every seed lands, reflecting the unpredictability of how individuals will receive the message. This aligns with the Great Commission in <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a>, where Jesus commands His followers to go and make disciples of all nations, implying a continuous and widespread effort.some seed fell along the path, Paths in ancient fields were often hard-packed from foot traffic, making them inhospitable for seed growth. This represents those who hear the word but do not understand or accept it, as explained in Jesus' interpretation of the parable in <a href="/luke/8-12.htm">Luke 8:12</a>. The path symbolizes a hardened heart, resistant to the Gospel, similar to Pharaoh's hardened heart in Exodus.where it was trampled, The trampling of the seed signifies the rejection and disregard of the Gospel by those who are indifferent or hostile to it. This can be seen in the persecution faced by early Christians, as recorded in Acts, where the message was often met with opposition and violence. It also reflects the spiritual warfare described in <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>, where believers contend not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces.and the birds of the air devoured it. In biblical symbolism, birds often represent evil or demonic forces. In Jesus' explanation of the parable, He identifies the birds as the devil, who comes to take away the word from people's hearts (<a href="/luke/8-12.htm">Luke 8:12</a>). This imagery is consistent with <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a>, where Satan is described as a prowling lion seeking to devour. The devouring of the seed illustrates the spiritual battle for the souls of individuals and the active role of the enemy in preventing the Gospel from taking root.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_farmer.htm">The Farmer</a> Represents those who spread the Word of God. In the context of the parable, it is Jesus Himself, but it can also be applied to any believer sharing the Gospel. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_seed.htm">The Seed</a> Symbolizes the Word of God. The seed's potential to grow and bear fruit depends on the condition of the soil it lands on, which represents the hearts of those who hear the Word. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_path.htm">The Path</a> Represents a hardened heart that does not understand or accept the Word. The seed cannot penetrate and is easily taken away. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_birds.htm">The Birds</a> Symbolize the forces of evil, such as Satan, who snatch away the Word before it can take root in a person's heart. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_act_of_sowing.htm">The Act of Sowing</a> The process of sharing the Gospel. It is an intentional act that requires effort and faithfulness, regardless of the immediate visible results.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_heart's_condition.htm">The Importance of the Heart's Condition</a> Just as the seed's growth depends on the soil, the Word of God requires a receptive heart to bear fruit. We must examine our own hearts and ensure they are not hardened. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Role of Spiritual Warfare</a> The birds represent spiritual forces that seek to prevent the Word from taking root. Believers must be vigilant and prayerful to protect the Word sown in their hearts. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_sowing.htm">Faithfulness in Sowing</a> The farmer sows the seed regardless of the soil's condition. Similarly, believers are called to share the Gospel faithfully, trusting God for the increase. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_and_acceptance.htm">Understanding and Acceptance</a> It is not enough to hear the Word; understanding and accepting it are crucial for it to take root and grow. This requires intentional study and meditation on Scripture. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a> Like the seed, the Word of God has inherent power and potential. Believers should have confidence in its ability to transform lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 8</a> <a href="/q/why_call_mustard_seed_smallest.htm">Why does Jesus say the mustard seed is the smallest when it is not?</a> <a href="/q/why_call_mustard_seed_smallest_in_bible.htm">Why does the Bible suggest the mustard seed is the smallest seed when it is not?</a> <a href="/q/why_aren't_sower_parable_variations_contradictory.htm">How do variations in the parable of the sower between Mark 4 and other Gospels not constitute contradictions in the Bible's message?</a> <a href="/q/which_parables_did_jesus_teach.htm">What parables did Jesus teach in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5-15) A sower went out to sow.--See Notes on <a href="/context/matthew/13-3.htm" title="And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;">Matthew 13:3-23</a>. Better, the sower. The vivid touch that the seed was "trodden down" is peculiar to St. Luke.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - A sower went out to sow his seed. The Master's words, in after-days, must often have come home to the disciples. They would feel that in each of them, if they were faithful to their work, the "sower" of the parable was reproduced; they would remember what they had heard from his lips; how he had warned them of the reception which their words would surely meet with; how by far the greater proportion of the seed they would sow, would perish. But though the disciples and all true Christian men in a greater or less degree reproduce the sower of the parable, still the great Sower, it must be remembered, is the Holy Spirit. Every true teacher or sower of the Word does but repeat what they have learned from him. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside. Dean Stanley, on the scenery of the parable, thus writes: "Is there anything on the spot to suggest the images thus conveyed? So I asked as I rode along the tract under the hillside, by which the Plain of Gennesaret is approached. So I asked at the moment, seeing nothing but the steep sides of the hill, alternately of rock and grass. And when I thought of the parable of the sower, I answered that here at least was nothing on which the Divine teaching could fasten; it must have been the distant corn-fields of Samaria or Esdraelon on which his mind was dwelling. The thought had hardly occurred to me when a slight recess in the hillside, close upon the plain, disclosed at once, in detail, and with a conjunction which I remember nowhere else in Palestine, every feature of the great parable. There was the undulating corn-field descending to the water's edge; there was the trodden pathway running through the midst of it, with no fence or hedge to prevent the seed from falling here and there on either side of it, or upon it; itself hard with the constant tramp of horse and mule and human foot" ('Sinai and Palestine,' ch. 13.). <a href="/commentaries/luke/8-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>“A farmer σπείρων (speirōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. went out Ἐξῆλθεν (Exēlthen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1831.htm">Strong's 1831: </a> To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. to sow σπεῖραι (speirai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. seed. σπόρον (sporon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4703.htm">Strong's 4703: </a> Seed for sowing. From speiro; a scattering, i.e. seed. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. as ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. he αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. was sowing, σπείρειν (speirein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. some [seed] ὃ (ho) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. fell ἔπεσεν (epesen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4098.htm">Strong's 4098: </a> A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall. along παρὰ (para) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. path, ὁδόν (hodon) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3598.htm">Strong's 3598: </a> A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means. where καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. it was trampled, κατεπατήθη (katepatēthē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2662.htm">Strong's 2662: </a> From kata and pateo; to trample down; figuratively, to reject with disdain. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the τὰ (ta) Article - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. birds πετεινὰ (peteina) Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4071.htm">Strong's 4071: </a> A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. air οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. devoured κατέφαγεν (katephagen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> To eat up, eat till it is finished, devour, squander, annoy, injure. From kata and esthio; to eat down, i.e. Devour. it. αὐτό (auto) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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