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Luke 8:5 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Luke 8:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 8 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.”
Luke 8:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 8:5
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side—The parable opens with exēlthen ho speirōn tou speirai ton sporon autou (ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι τὸν σπόρον αὐτοῦ), literally "the sower went out to sow his seed." The redundancy emphasizes purposeful action—sowing is the sower's defining activity. The aorist tense exēlthen (went out) indicates a specific historical moment, while the present infinitive speirai (to sow) describes ongoing action. The phrase para tēn hodon (παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, "beside the way") refers to the hardened footpath bordering fields.And it was...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 8:5
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“lest perhaps we drift away.”
“he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;”
“immediately Satan comes”
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.”
“and Abram drove them away.”
“The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,,And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;,,,,,,,,”
“He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,,He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;,,,,,,,,”
“and told them in his teaching”