Luke 8:5 · KJV
“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.”
— Luke 8:5
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Luke 8 — Context
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
4And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
5A 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.
6And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
Cross References
Hebrews 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. {let...: Gr. run out as leaking vessels}
James 1:23-24
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:
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.
Luke 8:11-12
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Mark 4:26-29
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Genesis 15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Matthew 13:18-19
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Matthew 13:24-26
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: