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Contemporary English Version

Luke 8:8

The rest of the seeds fell on good ground where they grew and produced a hundred times as many seeds. When Jesus had finished speaking, he said, "If you have ears, pay attention!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Agriculture;   Character;   Converts;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Sower;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Cries of Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Parables;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Good, Goodness;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Evangelism;   Luke, Gospel of;   Sower;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cry;   Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Fruit (2);   Good ;   Goodness (Human);   Hearing;   Luke;   Numbers (2);   Organization (2);   Parable;   Premeditation;   Religious Experience;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;   Ear;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Allegory;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Still other seed fell on good ground; when it grew up, it produced fruit: a hundred times what was sown.”
King James Version (1611)
And other fell on good ground, and sprang vp, and bare fruite an hundred fold. And when hee saide these things, he cryed, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
King James Version
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
English Standard Version
And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
New American Standard Bible
"And yet other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as much." As He said these things, He would call out, "The one who has ears to hear, let him hear."
New Century Version
And some seed fell on good ground and grew and made a hundred times more." As Jesus finished the story, he called out, "Let those with ears use them and listen!"
Amplified Bible
"And some fell into good soil, and grew up and produced a crop a hundred times as great." As He said these things, He called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great." As He said these things, He would call out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Legacy Standard Bible
And other seed fell into the good soil; and growing up, it produced a crop one hundred times as great." As He said these things, He would call out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Berean Standard Bible
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop-a hundredfold." As Jesus said this, He called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Complete Jewish Bible
But some fell into rich soil, and grew, and produced a hundred times as much as had been sown." After saying this, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him hear!"
Darby Translation
and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
Easy-to-Read Version
The rest of the seed fell on good ground. This seed grew and made 100 times more grain." Jesus finished the story. Then he called out, "You people who hear me, listen!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And some fell on good ground, and sprang vp, and bare fruite, an hundreth folde. And as hee sayd these things, he cryed, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
George Lamsa Translation
And other fell in good and fertile ground; and sprung up and bore fruit a hundredfold. And when he said this, he cried out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Good News Translation
And some seeds fell in good soil; the plants grew and bore grain, one hundred grains each." And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"
Lexham English Bible
And other seed fell on the good soil, and when it came up, it produced a hundred times as much grain." As he said these things, he called out, "The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Literal Translation
And other fell on the good earth, and growing it produced fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, He cried out, The one having ears to hear, let him hear.
American Standard Version
And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Bible in Basic English
And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
Hebrew Names Version
Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
International Standard Version
But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced a hundred times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"
Etheridge Translation
And other fell into ground good and fair, and sprang up, and made fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these (words), he cried, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Murdock Translation
And other fell on good and fair ground, and sprung up, and bore fruits, a hundred for one. Having said these things, he cried: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And some fell on good grounde, and sprang vp, and bare fruite, an hundred folde. And as he sayde these thynges, he cryed: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare.
English Revised Version
And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
World English Bible
Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred fold. And saying these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Weymouth's New Testament
But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And othir fel in to good erthe, and it sprungun made an hundrid foold fruyt. He seide these thingis, and criede, He that hath eeris of heryng, here he.
Update Bible Version
And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
Webster's Bible Translation
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundred-fold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
New English Translation
But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain." As he said this, he called out, "The one who has ears to hear had better listen!"
New King James Version
But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold." When He had said these things He cried, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
New Living Translation
Still other seed fell on fertile soil. This seed grew and produced a crop that was a hundred times as much as had been planted!" When he had said this, he called out, "Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand."
New Life Bible
Some seed fell on good ground. It grew and gave one hundred times as much grain." When Jesus had finished saying this, He cried out, "You have ears, then listen!"
New Revised Standard
Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold." As he said this, he called out, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, other, fell into good ground; and, growing, brought forth fruit, a hundredfold. These things, saying, he went on to cry aloud - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And other some fell upon good ground and, being sprung up, yielded fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, he cried out: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Revised Standard Version
And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." As he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And some fell on good grounde and sproge vp and bare frute an hondred foolde. And as he sayde these thinges he cryed: He that hath eares to heare let him heare.
Young's Literal Translation
`And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, `He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And some fell vpo a good grounde, and sprange vp, and bare frute an hundreth folde. Wha he sayde this he cryed: Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but some of the corn fell into good soil, and grew up, yielding a hundred grains for one. then raising his voice he concluded with these words, he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Simplified Cowboy Version
And finally, some seed found good soil and produced a lot of grain. Some of it yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and still some a hundred times. Whoever has ears should be listening."

Contextual Overview

4 When a large crowd from several towns had gathered around Jesus, he told them this story: 5 A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field. While the farmer was doing it, some of the seeds fell along the road and were stepped on or eaten by birds. 6 Other seeds fell on rocky ground and started growing. But the plants did not have enough water and soon dried up. 7 Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked the plants. 8 The rest of the seeds fell on good ground where they grew and produced a hundred times as many seeds. When Jesus had finished speaking, he said, "If you have ears, pay attention!" 9 Jesus' disciples asked him what the story meant. 10 So he answered: I have explained the secrets about God's kingdom to you, but for others I can only use stories. These people look, but they don't see, and they hear, but they don't understand. 11 This is what the story means: The seed is God's message, 12 and the seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But the devil comes and snatches the message out of their hearts, so that they will not believe and be saved. 13 The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it. But they don't have deep roots, and they believe only for a little while. As soon as life gets hard, they give up.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

other: Luke 8:15, Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:20, John 1:12, John 1:13, John 3:3-5, Ephesians 2:10, Colossians 1:10

an hundredfold: Genesis 26:12

He that: Proverbs 1:20-23, Proverbs 8:1, Proverbs 20:12, Jeremiah 13:15, Jeremiah 25:4, Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11

Reciprocal: Proverbs 18:15 - General Luke 6:27 - unto Luke 6:47 - doeth Luke 14:35 - He

Cross-References

Genesis 8:10
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again.
Genesis 8:11
It returned in the evening, holding in its beak a green leaf from an olive tree. Noah knew that the water was finally going down.
Genesis 8:12
He waited seven more days before sending the dove out again, and this time it did not return.
Song of Solomon 1:15
He Speaks: My darling, you are lovely, so very lovely— your eyes are those of a dove.
Song of Solomon 2:14
You are my dove hiding among the rocks on the side of a cliff. Let me see how lovely you are! Let me hear the sound of your melodious voice.
Matthew 10:16
I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And other fell on good ground,.... The Syriac version reads, "on good and beautiful ground"; and so the Cambridge copy of Beza's; ground which both looked well, and proved well; and signifies such hearers who have good and honest hearts, made so by the Spirit of God; who receive the word in the love of it, have a spiritual understanding, and real experience of it;

and sprang up, and bare fruit, an hundred fold; or, "a hundred for one", as the Syriac version renders it; a hundred grains for one that was sown. The Ethiopic version adds, "and it was to thirty, and it was to sixty": that is, as the other evangelists say, "some thirty", and "some sixty fold"; for the word of God is more fruitful in some of those gracious hearers, than in others:

and when he had said these things, he cried: with a loud voice, that what he was about to say might be attended to:

he that hath ears to hear, let him hear; see this parable more largely explained in the following notes.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23.


 
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