Luke 8:9-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Why Jesus Used Parables

⁹ Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”^{(A) 10} So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you^(B) to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

The Parable of the Sower Explained

¹¹ “This is the meaning of the parable:^[b](D) The seed is the word of God.^(E)