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Luke 8:5

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.

KJV

ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι τὸν σπόρον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ κατεπατήθη καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατέφαγεν αὐτό·

Greek NT

Exiit qui seminat, seminare semen suum. Et dum seminat, aliud cecidit secus viam, et conculcatum est, et volucres cæli comederunt illud.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

The 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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταπατέω
katapateo
verb · 5×
κατεσθίω
katesthio
verb · 14×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
πετεινόν
peteinon
noun · 14×
σπείρω
speiro
verb · 53×
σπόρος
sporos
noun · 5×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 15:11 — And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
  • Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • Jas 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
  • Luke 6:49 — But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that h
  • Luke 8:11 — Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
  • Luke 8:12 — Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
  • Mark 4:2 — And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
  • Mark 4:3 — Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
  • Mark 4:15 — And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
  • Mark 4:26 — And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
  • Mark 4:26 — And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
  • Matt 5:13 — Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
  • Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
  • Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
  • Matt 13:18 — Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
  • Matt 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
  • Matt 13:37 — He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
  • Ps 119:118 — Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.