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Luke 8:5
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up."
— Luke 8:5
Context
Jesus teaching about receiving God's word
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Book
Luke
Chapter & Verses
Ch. 8, v.5
Related Sayings
Matthew 13:3-4
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up."
Matthew 13:23
"The seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."
Matthew 13:31-32
"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree."
Parallel Passages
Same theme (Daily Life) in other Gospels
Matthew 24:38
"For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;"
Matthew 25:26
"You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?"
Matthew 25:27
"Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest."