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Complete Jewish Bible
Luke 8:11
"The parable is this: the seed is God's message.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“This is the meaning of the parable:
“This is the meaning of the parable:
King James Version (1611)
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
King James Version
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
English Standard Version
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
New American Standard Bible
"Now this is the parable: the seed is the word of God.
"Now this is the parable: the seed is the word of God.
New Century Version
"This is what the story means: The seed is God's message.
"This is what the story means: The seed is God's message.
Amplified Bible
"Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].
"Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
"Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
"Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
Berean Standard Bible
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Contemporary English Version
This is what the story means: The seed is God's message,
This is what the story means: The seed is God's message,
Darby Translation
But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Easy-to-Read Version
"This is what the story means: The seed is God's teaching.
"This is what the story means: The seed is God's teaching.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The parable is this, The seede is the worde of God.
The parable is this, The seede is the worde of God.
George Lamsa Translation
This is the parable. The seed is the word of God.
This is the parable. The seed is the word of God.
Good News Translation
"This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.
"This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.
Lexham English Bible
Now the parable means this: the seed is the word of God,
Now the parable means this: the seed is the word of God,
Literal Translation
And this is the parable: The seed is the Word of God.
And this is the parable: The seed is the Word of God.
American Standard Version
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Bible in Basic English
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
Hebrew Names Version
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
International Standard Version
"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.Matthew 13:18; Mark 4:14;">[xr]
"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.Matthew 13:18; Mark 4:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But this is the parable: The seed is the word of Aloha.
But this is the parable: The seed is the word of Aloha.
Murdock Translation
But this is the similitude: The seed is the word of God.
But this is the similitude: The seed is the word of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The parable is this. The seede, is the worde of God.
The parable is this. The seede, is the worde of God.
English Revised Version
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
World English Bible
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.
Weymouth's New Testament
The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.
The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this is the parable.
And this is the parable.
Update Bible Version
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
New English Translation
"Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.
"Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.
New King James Version
Matthew 13:18-23; Mark 4:13-20">[xr] "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Matthew 13:18-23; Mark 4:13-20">[xr] "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
New Living Translation
"This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God's word.
"This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God's word.
New Life Bible
"This is what the picture-story means. The seed is the Word of God.
"This is what the picture-story means. The seed is the Word of God.
New Revised Standard
"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now the parable, is this - The seed, is, the word of God.
Now the parable, is this - The seed, is, the word of God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Revised Standard Version
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The similitude is this. The seede is ye worde of God.
The similitude is this. The seede is ye worde of God.
Young's Literal Translation
`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,
`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the parable: The sede is the worde of God:
This is the parable: The sede is the worde of God:
Mace New Testament (1729)
now the meaning of the parable is this: the seed sown signifies the word of God.
now the meaning of the parable is this: the seed sown signifies the word of God.
THE MESSAGE
"This story is about some of those people. The seed is the Word of God. The seeds on the road are those who hear the Word, but no sooner do they hear it than the Devil snatches it from them so they won't believe and be saved.
"This story is about some of those people. The seed is the Word of God. The seeds on the road are those who hear the Word, but no sooner do they hear it than the Devil snatches it from them so they won't believe and be saved.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus said, "This is what that story means. The farmer spreads God's good news to others.
Then Jesus said, "This is what that story means. The farmer spreads God's good news to others.
Contextual Overview
4 After a large crowd had gathered from the people who kept coming to him from town after town, Yeshua told this parable: 5 "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the path and was stepped on, and the birds flying around ate it up. 6 Some fell on rock; and after it sprouted, it dried up from lack of moisture. 7 Some fell in the midst of thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 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!" 9 His talmidim asked him what this parable might mean, 10 and he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but the rest are taught in parables, so that they may look but not see, and listen but not understand . 11 "The parable is this: the seed is God's message. 12 The ones along the path are those who hear, but then the Adversary comes and takes the message out of their hearts, in order to keep them from being saved by trusting it. 13 The ones on rock are those who, when they hear the word, accept it with joy; but these have no root — they go on trusting for awhile; but when a time of testing comes, they apostatize.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The seed: Isaiah 8:20, Matthew 13:19, Mark 4:14-20, 1 Corinthians 3:6, 1 Corinthians 3:7, 1 Corinthians 3:9-12, James 1:21, 1 Peter 1:23-25
Reciprocal: Isaiah 55:11 - shall my Mark 2:2 - and he Mark 4:26 - as Luke 8:5 - sower John 17:17 - Sanctify Romans 10:17 - and hearing 1 Thessalonians 2:13 - the word of God Hebrews 4:12 - the word Hebrews 13:7 - word
Cross-References
Genesis 8:12
He waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and she didn't return to him any more.
He waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and she didn't return to him any more.
Genesis 8:14
It was on the twenty-seventh day of the second month that the earth was dry.
It was on the twenty-seventh day of the second month that the earth was dry.
Nehemiah 8:15
and that they were to announce and pass the word in all their cities and in Yerushalayim, "Go out to the mountains, and collect branches of olives, wild olives, myrtles, palms, and other leafy trees to make sukkot, as prescribed."
and that they were to announce and pass the word in all their cities and in Yerushalayim, "Go out to the mountains, and collect branches of olives, wild olives, myrtles, palms, and other leafy trees to make sukkot, as prescribed."
Romans 10:15
And how can people proclaim him unless God sends them? — as the Tanakh puts it, "How beautiful are the feet of those announcing good news about good things!"
And how can people proclaim him unless God sends them? — as the Tanakh puts it, "How beautiful are the feet of those announcing good news about good things!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now the parable is this, &c] "Or this is the sense of the parable", as the Arabic version renders it: "the seed is the word of God", the Gospel, as preached by Christ, his apostles, and faithful ministers, which has God for its author, is concerning the grace of God, and is what he blesses, and makes effectual to answer any good purpose.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23.
