Is this (εστιν δε αυτη). Means this. Jesus now proceeds to interpret his own parable.

The seed is the word of God <…

The seed is the word of God.—This takes the place in St. Luke's interpretation of "the word of the kingdom" in St. Matthe…

Not the word of man. Do we have a word of God at all? My brothers and sisters, that is a question which we have to answer nowadays. Our fathers nev…

Theophylact of Ohrid: That which David had foretold in the person of Christ, I will open my mouth in parables, the…

Jesus now returns to the parable, explaining why the proclaimed word of God fails to bring a uniform response of faith. Luke’s inclusion of the cla…

Now the parable is this ,
&c] "Or this is the sense of the parable", as the Arabic version renders it: "the seed is …

There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy ar…