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Luke 8:4-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Luke 8:4-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Parable of the Sower
4 As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:(A) 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate it up. 6 Other seed fell on the rock; when it sprang up, it withered, since it lacked moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. 8 Still other seed fell on good ground; when it sprang up, it produced a crop: 100 times what was sown.”(B) As He said this, He called out, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”(C)
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Luke 8:4-8
Lexham English Bible
Luke 8:4-8
Lexham English Bible
The Parable of the Sower
4 And while[a] a large crowd was gathering and they were going to him from town after town, he spoke by means of a parable: 5 “The sower went out to sow his seed, and while he was sowing, some seed[b] fell on the side of the path and was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. 6 And other seed fell on the rock, and when it[c] came up, it withered, because it did not have moisture. 7 And other seed fell in the midst of the thorn plants, and the thorn plants grew up with it[d] and[e] choked it. 8 And other seed fell on the good soil, and when it[f] came up, it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he[g] said these things, he called out, “The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
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- Luke 8:4 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was gathering”)
- Luke 8:5 Literally “some of which”
- Luke 8:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came up”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 8:7 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 8:7 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“grew up with”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 8:8 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came up”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 8:8 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“said”) which is understood as temporal
Luke 8:4-8
New International Version
Luke 8:4-8
New International Version
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”
When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(A)
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