10 So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you(A) to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.(B)[a]

The Parable of the Sower Explained

11 “This is the meaning of the parable:[b](C) The seed is the word of God.(D) 12 The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the Devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 Is 6:9
  2. Luke 8:11 Lit But this is the parable:

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