Luke 8:9-11
Revised Standard Version
The Purpose of the Parables
9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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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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