His seed (τον σπορον αυτου). Peculiar to Luke.

Was trodden under foot (κατεπατηθη). First aorist passive i…

A sower went out to sow.—See Notes on Matthew 13:3-23. Better, the sower. The vivid touch that the seed was trodden …

Or, as Mark records it, because it had no depth of earth. There was just a thin layer of soil, enough for the seed's germination and early…

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

This particular parable reflects a situation well known to the audience, and its details would have immediately been grasped by the hearers. The ve…

A sower went out to sow his seed
By whom Jesus Christ is chiefly designed; though it is true of every preacher of the Gospel: …

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…