Luke 8:9-11
Easy-to-Read Version
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.’ (A)
Jesus Explains the Story About Seed(B)
11 “This is what the story means: The seed is God’s teaching.
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Luke 8:9-11
New International Version
9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,(A) but to others I speak in parables, so that,
11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.(C)
Footnotes
- Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9
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