Luke 8:9-11

Good News Translation

The Purpose of the Parables^(A)

⁹ His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant, ^10 (B)and he answered, “The knowledge of the secrets of the Kingdom of God has been given to you, but to the rest it comes by means of parables, so that they may look but not see, and listen but not understand.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower^(C)

¹¹ “This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.