Luke 8:9-11

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Why Jesus Used Parables

⁹Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?” ^(A) ¹⁰So 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.^[a]^(C)

The Parable of the Sower Explained

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

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Footnotes

8:10 Is 6:9

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