The point of the chapter is the last phrase: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." The parable, itself, is about our responsibility to listen well.

Luke, wishing to give but one genus, expresses, as is customary, the highest; in which the others are included.

In this parable, the seed represents the Word of God, while the different types of soil symbolize the diverse receptions it receives from listeners. The ...

Chapter 8 reveals how people react when Jesus reveals who He is, mostly through miracles. In Luke 9:18–50, Jesus returns to intense discipleship of the Twelve.

The seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

It serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of nurturing an open and receptive heart in order to bear abundant fruit in one's spiritual journey.

Jesus has been banished from the synagogues. The scribes and the Pharisees and the religious leaders are up against him. Inevitably the disciples would be ...

David Guzik commentary on Luke 8, in which Jesus teaches the parable of the soil, and calms the storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Such hearers who have good and honest hearts, made so by the Spirit of God; who receive the word in the love of it, have a spiritual understanding, and real ...

This parable describes what happens after the seed is sown, the different types of soils on which it falls, and the resultant effects.