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Luke 8:9-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible

Why Jesus Used Parables

9 Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”(A) 10 So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you(B) to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

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

The Parable of the Sower Explained

11 “This is the meaning of the parable:[b](D) The seed is the word of God.(E)

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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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