# Luke 08 📖: The Sower and the Seed [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Luke Overview]] | [[Luke 07]] | [[Luke 09]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Women Who Followed Jesus **Principle**: Everyone has value in the Kingdom of God. [[#Verse 01.]] Sometime afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, [[#Verse 02.]] and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out, [[#Verse 03.]] and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod’s household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources. ### Parable of the Farmer Scattering Seed **Principle**: The seed is always good. It’s about what we do with it. [[Matthew 13|Matthew 13:1-23]] | [[Mark 04|Mark 4:1-20]] - It's amazing to realize that some people would hear the words of Jesus and determine He had the words of life and others would decide He had a demon. - The message is always good. It is the listener who had to be "good soil" so they can receive it well [[#Verse 04.]] While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable: [[#Verse 05.]] “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it. [[#Verse 06.]] Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture. [[#Verse 07.]] Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it. [[#Verse 08.]] But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” [[#Verse 09.]] Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. [[#Verse 10.]] He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that . [[#Verse 11.]] “Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God. [[#Verse 12.]] Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. [[#Verse 13.]] Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away. [[#Verse 14.]] As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. [[#Verse 15.]] But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance. ### Parable of the Lamp **Principle**: Be bold and shine. [[#Verse 16.]] “No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light. [[#Verse 17.]] For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light. [[#Verse 18.]] So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.” ### The True Family of Jesus **Principle**: God’s family is a spiritual family where all are welcome IF you are willing to come to Him. [[#Verse 19.]] Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd. [[#Verse 20.]] So he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” [[#Verse 21.]] But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” ### Jesus Calms the Storm **Principle**: Peace comes from Jesus, not circumstances. [[#Verse 22.]] One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, [[#Verse 23.]] and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger. [[#Verse 24.]] They came and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are about to die!” So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm. [[#Verse 25.]] Then he said to them, “Where is your faith?” But they were afraid and amazed, saying to one another, “Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!” ### Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man **Principle**: No darkness can stand before Jesus. [[#Verse 26.]] So they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. [[#Verse 27.]] As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs. [[#Verse 28.]] When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!” [[#Verse 29.]] For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.) [[#Verse 30.]] Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him. [[#Verse 31.]] And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss. [[#Verse 32.]] Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission. [[#Verse 33.]] So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned. [[#Verse 34.]] When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside. [[#Verse 35.]] So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. [[#Verse 36.]] Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed. [[#Verse 37.]] Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left. [[#Verse 38.]] The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, [[#Verse 39.]] “Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him. ### Jesus Heals in Response to Faith **Principle**: Jesus, Healer of All. [[#Verse 40.]] Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him because they were all waiting for him. [[#Verse 41.]] Then a man named Jairus, who was a leader of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house, [[#Verse 42.]] because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him. [[#Verse 43.]] Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone. [[M0005-Women.With.Issue.Of.Blood]] [[#Verse 44.]] She came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and at once the bleeding stopped. [[#Verse 45.]] Then Jesus asked, “Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!” [[#Verse 46.]] But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I know that power has gone out from me.” [[#Verse 47.]] When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed. [[#Verse 48.]] Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” [[#Verse 49.]] While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue leader’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.” [[#Verse 50.]] But when Jesus heard this, he told him, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” [[#Verse 51.]] Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother. [[#Verse 52.]] Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!” [[#Verse 53.]] And they began making fun of him because they knew that she was dead. [[#Verse 54.]] But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said, “Child, get up.” [[#Verse 55.]] Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat. [[#Verse 56.]] Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. Extra. Miracles at the Sea of Galilee Jesus Calms the Storm- [[Matthew 08|Matthew 08:23-27]], [[Mark 04|Mark 04:35-41]], [[Luke 08|Luke 08:22-25]] Jesus Walks on Water- [[Matthew 14|Matthew 14:22-33]], [[Mark 06|Mark 06:45-52]], [[John 06|John 06:16-21]] The Miraculous Catch of Fish- [[Luke 05|Luke 05:4-11]] A Second Miraculous Catch- [[John 21|John 21:1-14]] ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ###### Verse 38. ###### Verse 39. ###### Verse 40. ###### Verse 41. ###### Verse 42. ###### Verse 43. ###### Verse 44. ###### Verse 45. ###### Verse 46. ###### Verse 47. ###### Verse 48. ###### Verse 49. ###### Verse 50. ###### Verse 51. ###### Verse 52. ###### Verse 53. ###### Verse 54. ###### Verse 55. ###### Verse 56. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Only Luke names women who traveled with Jesus and supported Him from their own resources, including Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Susanna (8:2-3). 2. Joanna's husband Chuza managed Herod's household (8:3), showing that the gospel had reached the royal court. 3. Magdala, Mary Magdalene's hometown, was a fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A first-century synagogue was discovered there in 2009. 4. In Luke's version of the parable, Jesus says plainly that the seed is the word of God (8:11). 5. Luke says the storm "swept down" on the lake (8:23), fitting the winds that rush down from the surrounding hills. 6. The man possessed by demons had lived among the tombs without clothes for a long time (8:27). 7. The "abyss" (8:31) is the same word used in Revelation for the place where evil spirits are confined (Revelation 9:1; 20:3). 8. Luke uses the Greek verb for "save" (*sozo*) for the healings in 8:36, 48, and 50, showing that Jesus' healing pictures salvation. 9. The woman touched the edge of His cloak (8:44), likely one of the tassels the Law required on Israelite garments (Numbers 15:38-39). 10. Luke notes that Jairus's daughter was his only daughter (8:42), one of several "only child" stories in Luke (7:12; 9:38). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is Lord over storms, demons, disease, and death in a single chapter (8:22-56). His word is the seed that bears fruit in honest and good hearts (8:15), for He is the Word who became flesh (John 1:14). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The good soil hears the word, holds it fast, and bears fruit with endurance (8:15). Which part of that do you most need right now? 2. After calming the storm, Jesus asked, "Where is your faith?" (8:25). What situation in your life is He asking that question about? 3. Jesus said His mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and do it (8:21). What does that teach about belonging to God's family? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 15: The good soil holds fast to the word and bears fruit with endurance. - 📖 verse 25: After calming the storm, Jesus asks His disciples where their faith is. - 📖 verse 48: Jesus tells the woman her faith has made her well and sends her in peace. - 📖 verse 50: Jesus tells Jairus not to be afraid but only to believe. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[Mark 15#Verse 40.|Mark 15:40-41]] - The women who followed and supported Jesus. - 🔗 [[Isaiah 06#Verse 09.|Isaiah 6:9-10]] - Seeing but not perceiving. - 🔗 [[1 Timothy 06#Verse 09.|1 Timothy 6:9-10]] - Riches as a snare. - 🔗 [[Matthew 05#Verse 15.|Matthew 5:15]] - A lamp on a stand. - 🔗 [[Psalm 107#Verse 28.|Psalm 107:28-29]] - He stilled the storm. - 🔗 [[Mark 05#Verse 01.|Mark 5:1-20]] - The man freed from Legion. - 🔗 [[John 11#Verse 11.|John 11:11]] - Death described as sleep. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Luke 08 - SOAP|The Seed of God’s Word]] ## 📂 Internal Notes [[RLC Conference 2026- Opening Session- Seeds]] - Opening session focused on being the right kind of soil.