Luke 8:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁰He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets^[a] of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak^[b] in parables, so that

‘looking they may not perceive,
and listening they may not understand.’

The Parable of the Sower Explained

¹¹“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. ¹²The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

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Footnotes

Luke 8:10 Or mysteries
Luke 8:10 Gk lacks I speak

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