Luke 8:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be. 10 He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’(A)
The Parable of the Sower Explained.[a] 11 (B)“This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God.(C)
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- 8:11–15 On the interpretation of the parable of the sower, see note on Mt 13:18–23.
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