Luke 8:11

The Passion Translation

“Here, then, is the deeper meaning to my parable: The word of God is the seed that is sown into hearts.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

“What was sown along the path represents the one who listens to the message of the kingdom but doesn’t understand it. The Adversary then comes and snatches away what was sown into his heart.

James 1:21

So this is why we abandon everything morally impure and all forms of wicked conduct. Instead, with a sensitive spirit we absorb God’s Word, which has been implanted within our nature, for the Word of Life has power to continually deliver us.

Isaiah 8:20

You are to answer them: “Listen to the teaching and instruction of the Lord! If their speech does not line up with his word, they will have no light of dawn!

Matthew 13:18

“Now you are ready to hear the explanation of the parable of the sower:

Mark 4:13

Then he said to them, “If you don’t understand this parable, how will you understand any parable?

Luke 8:12

The hard pathway represents the hard hearts of those who hear the word of God but the slanderer quickly snatches away what was sown in their hearts to keep them from believing and experiencing salvation.