Luke 8:10

Luke 8:10

8 But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded¹ a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, ^a“He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

The Purpose of Parables

9 ^aThen His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”

10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the¹ mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that
^a‘Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’

The Parable of the Sower Explained

11 ^a“Now the parable is this: The seed is the ^bword of God.

12 Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

13 But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of¹ temptation fall away.

14 Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, ^ariches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with ^apatience.

The Parable of the Revealed Light

16 ^a“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the ^blight.

17 ^aFor nothing is secret that will not be ^brevealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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The mysteries (ta musthria). See for this word on Matthew 13:11; Mark 4:11. Part of the mystery here explained is how so many people who have the opportunity to enter the kingdom fail to do so because of manifest unfitness.

That (ina). Here Mark 4:11 also has ina while Matthew 13:13 has oti (because). On the so-called causal use of ina as here equal to oti see discussion on Matthew 13:13; Mark 4:11. Plummer sensibly argues that there is truth both in the causal oti of Matthew and the final ina of Mark and Matthew. "But the principle that he who hath shall receive more, while he who hath not shall be deprived of what he seemeth to have, explains both the ina and the oti. Jesus speaks in parables because the multitudes see without seeing and hear without hearing. But He also speaks in parable

in order that they may see without seeing and hear without hearing." Only for "hearing" Luke has "understand" suniwsin, present subjunctive from a late omega form suniw instead of the -mi verb sunihmi.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 8:10:**

Matthew 13:11
Matthew 13:13
Mark 4:11
Luke 8:4
Luke 8:4
John 12:40
Acts 28:26

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