Luke 8:5

Luke chapter 8 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

Context

v.4And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

v.5This passage

v.6And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Mark 4:26

    And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;

  • Hebrews 2:1

    Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.

  • Psalms 119:118

    Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

  • James 1:23

    For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

  • Matthew 13:18

    Hear then ye the parable of the sower.

  • Matthew 13:37

    And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;