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Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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The Seed is God's Revelation
Commentators clarify that the 'seed' represents the 'word of God.' This isn't limited to a single format but includes the Gospel message and, more broadly, any form of revelation from God to humanity. As one scholar notes, it is the word that 'comes from God,' emphasizing its divine origin.
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Is this (εστιν δε αυτη). Means this. Jesus now proceeds to interpret his own parable.
The seed is the word of God <…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
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…
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now the parable is this , &c] "Or this is the sense of the parable", as the Arabic version renders it: "the seed is …
Presbyterian
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…
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