Luke 8:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.”
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BSBPD
“Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 8:11 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
- Mark 4:14The farmer sows the word.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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