Luke 8:6
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
KJV
καὶ ἕτερον κατέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, καὶ φυὲν ἐξηράνθη διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἰκμάδα·
Greek NT
Et aliud cecidit supra petram : et natum aruit, quia non habebat humorem.
Vulgate
And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
ASV
And other some fell upon a rock. And as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταπίπτω
katapipto
verb · 3×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
ξηραίνω
xeraino
verb · 15×
πέτρα
petra
noun · 15×
φύω
phuo
verb · 3×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
ἱκμάς
ikmas
noun · 1×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: κατέπεσεν | WH/Treg/NIV: κατέπεσεν | RP: ἔπεσεν
- κατέπεσεν — SBLGNT
- κατέπεσεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔπεσεν — Robinson-Pierpont
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Parable
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2731Another difficulty, especially for those who sincerely want to pray, is dryness. Dryness belongs to contemplative prayer when the heart is separated from God, with no taste for thoughts, memories, and feelings, even spiritual ones. This is the moment of sheer faith clinging faithfully to Jesus in his agony and in his tomb. "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,…
Cross-references
- Heb 3:7 — Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Jude 1:12 — These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,
- Luke 8:13 — They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
- Mark 4:5 — And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
- Mark 4:5 — And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
- Rom 2:4 — Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?