Luke 8:9

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Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

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  • Matt 13:10 : 10 Then the disciples came to him and said,“Why do you speak to them in parables?”
  • Matt 13:18 : 18 “So listen to the parable of the sower:
  • Mark 4:10 : 10 The Purpose of Parables When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.
  • Mark 7:17-18 : 17 Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them,“Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
  • John 15:15 : 15 I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.
  • Matt 13:36 : 36 Explanation for the Disciples Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying,“Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.”
  • Matt 15:15 : 15 But Peter said to him,“Explain this parable to us.”
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”

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  • Matt 13:8-11
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    8But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

    9The one who has ears had better listen!”

    10Then the disciples came to him and said,“Why do you speak to them in parables?”

    11He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

  • Luke 8:10-12
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    10He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

    11“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

    12Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

  • Mark 4:8-13
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    8But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

    9And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

    10The Purpose of Parables When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

    11He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

    13He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

  • Mark 7:17
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    17Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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    7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.

    8But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out,“The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

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    4The Parable of the Sower While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

    5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

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    21Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”

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    18“So listen to the parable of the sower:

    19When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

  • Matt 15:15-16
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    15But Peter said to him,“Explain this parable to us.”

    16Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

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    36Explanation for the Disciples Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying,“Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.”

    37He answered,“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

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    18On the Kingdom of God Thus Jesus asked,“What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

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    3He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

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    45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

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    32But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

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    33The Use of Parables So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

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    20Again he said,“To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

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    15But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

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