Luke 8:11

Luke 8:11
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

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Leviticus 23:10
Say to the children of Israel, When you have come to the land which I will give you, and have got in the grain from its fields, take some of the first-fruits of the grain to the priest;

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Leviticus 23:11
And let the grain be waved before the Lord, so that you may be pleasing to him; on the day after the Sabbath let it be waved by the priest.

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1 Kings 12:22
But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

1 Chronicles 17:3
But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

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Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

Psalms 19:8
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

Psalms 19:9
The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

Psalms 119:104
Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.

Isaiah 8:20
Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ...If they do not say such things. ...For him there is no dawn. ...

Isaiah 49:2
And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;

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Psalms 40:9
I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

Matthew 5:2
And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

Mark 2:2
And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

Mark 6:34
And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

Acts 8:25
So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.

Acts 11:19
Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.

Acts 14:25
And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;

Acts 16:6
And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

Romans 10:8
But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:

2 Timothy 4:2
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

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Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;

Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.

Matthew 13:3
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

Matthew 13:4
And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

Matthew 13:25
But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

Matthew 13:26
But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

Mark 4:2
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

Mark 4:4
And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

Mark 4:26
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

Mark 4:27
And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

Mark 4:28
The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

Mark 4:29
But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

Luke 8:4
And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

Luke 8:5
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

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Jeremiah 12:13
Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

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Psalms 126:6
Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.

Isaiah 32:20
Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

Hosea 10:12
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

Amos 9:13
See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.

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Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

Matthew 13:11
And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Matthew 13:12
Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Matthew 13:13
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

Matthew 13:14
And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

Matthew 13:16
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

Matthew 13:36
Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

Mark 4:10
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

Mark 4:24
And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.

Mark 4:25
He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

Mark 7:17
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

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Matthew 13:20
And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

Matthew 26:26
And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.

Mark 4:16
And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

Mark 4:17
And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

Mark 4:18
And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

Mark 4:19
And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.

Mark 4:20
And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

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Matthew 4:23
And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

Mark 1:14
Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

Luke 9:2
And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.

Luke 10:9
And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

Acts 20:25
And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

Acts 20:27
For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

Acts 28:23
And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 6:9
And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

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1 Corinthians 3:10
In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

1 Corinthians 3:11
For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:12
But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

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Acts 20:32
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

2 Corinthians 4:3
But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

Ephesians 5:26
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

2 Thessalonians 2:13
But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

Hebrews 4:13
And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

1 Peter 1:22
And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

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Deuteronomy 32:2
My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:

Psalms 119:11
I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.

Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

John 6:63
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

John 8:32
And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.

John 15:3
You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.

John 17:17
Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.

John 17:19
And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.

Acts 15:9
Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 3:8
Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Hebrews 6:7
For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

James 1:18
Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

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Acts 13:44
And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

2 Peter 1:16
For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

2 Peter 1:17
For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

2 Peter 1:18
And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

2 Peter 1:19
And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;

2 Peter 1:20
Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.

2 Peter 1:21
For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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