Luke 8:11

Easy-to-Read Version

"This is what the story means: The seed is God's teaching.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“This is the meaning of the parable:

King James Version (1611)
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.

English Standard Version
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.

New Century Version
"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].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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.

Berean Standard Bible
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,

Complete Jewish Bible
"The parable is this: the seed is God's message.

Darby Translation
But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
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.

Good News Translation
"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,

Literal Translation
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.

Bible in Basic English
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.

International Standard Version
"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.

Murdock Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this is the parable.

Update Bible Version
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.

New English Translation
"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.

New Living Translation
"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.

New Revised Standard
"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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
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,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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.

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.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus said, "This is what that story means. The farmer spreads God's good news to others.

Contextual Overview

⁴ A large crowd came together. People came to Jesus from every town, and he told them this story: ⁵ "A farmer went out to sow seed. While he was scattering the seed, some of it fell beside the road. People walked on the seed, and the birds ate it all. ⁶ Other seed fell on rock. It began to grow but then died because it had no water. ⁷ Some other seed fell among thorny weeds. This seed grew, but later the weeds stopped the plants from growing. ⁸ 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!" ⁹ Jesus' followers asked him, "What does this story mean?" ¹⁰ He said, "You have been chosen to know the secret truths about God's kingdom. But I use stories to speak to other people. I do this so that ‘They will look, but they will not see, and they will listen, but they will not understand.' ¹¹ "This is what the story means: The seed is God's teaching. ¹² Some people are like the seed that fell beside the path. They hear God's teaching, but then the devil comes and causes them to stop thinking about it. This keeps them from believing it and being saved. ¹³ Others are like the seed that fell on rock. That is like the people who hear God's teaching and gladly accept it. But they don't have deep roots. They believe for a while. But when trouble comes, they turn away from God.

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
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again. But this time the dove didn't come back.

Genesis 8:14
By the 27th day of the second month, the ground was completely dry.

Romans 10:15
And before anyone can go and tell them, they must be sent. As the Scriptures say, "How wonderful it is to see someone coming to tell good news!"

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.