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Luke 8:5

NETBible	“A sower went out to sow¹ his seed.² And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds³ devoured it.
NIV © biblegateway Luk 8:5	"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.
NASB © biblegateway Luk 8:5	"The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.
NLT © biblegateway Luk 8:5	"A farmer went out to plant some seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was stepped on, and the birds came and ate it.
MSG © biblegateway Luk 8:5	"A farmer went out to sow his seed. Some of it fell on the road; it was tramped down and the birds ate it.
BBE © SABDAweb Luk 8:5	A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
NRSV © bibleoremus Luk 8:5	"A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.
NKJV © biblegateway Luk 8:5	"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it.
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KJV	A sower <4687> (5723) went out <1831> (5627) to sow <4687> (5658) his <846> seed <4703>_: and <2532> as <1722> he <846> sowed <4687> (5721)_, some <3739> <3303> fell <4098> (5627) by <3844> the way side <3598>_; and <2532> it was trodden down <2662> (5681)_, and <2532> the fowls <4071> of the air <3772> devoured <2719> (5627) it <846>_.
NASB © biblegateway Luk 8:5	"The sower <4687> went <1831> out to sow <4687> his seed <4703> ; and as he sowed <4687> , some <3739> <3303> fell <4098> beside <3844> the road <3598> , and it was trampled <2662> under <2662> foot <2662> and the birds <4071> of the air <3772> ate <2719> it up.
NET [draft] ITL	“A sower <4687> went out <1831> to sow <4687> his seed <4703> . And <2532> as he sowed <4687> , some <3303> fell <4098> along <3844> the path <3598> and <2532> was trampled on <2662> , and <2532> the wild birds <4071> <3772> devoured <2719> it <846> .
GREEK	exhlyen <1831> (5627) V-2AAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM speirwn <4687> (5723) V-PAP-NSM tou <3588> T-GSN speirai <4687> (5658) V-AAN ton <3588> T-ASM sporon <4703> N-ASM autou <846> P-GSM kai <2532> CONJ en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN speirein <4687> (5721) V-PAN auton <846> P-ASM o <3739> R-NSN men <3303> PRT epesen <4098> (5627) V-2AAI-3S para <3844> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF odon <3598> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ katepathyh <2662> (5681) V-API-3S kai <2532> CONJ ta <3588> T-NPN peteina <4071> N-NPN tou <3588> T-GSM ouranou <3772> N-GSM katefagen <2719> (5627) V-2AAI-3S auto <846> P-ASN

NETBible

“A sower went out to sow¹ his seed.² And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds³ devoured it.

NET Notes

¹sn A sower went out to sow. The background for this well-known parable is a field through which a well-worn path runs in the Palestinian countryside. Sowing would occur in late fall or early winter (October to December) in the rainy season, looking for sprouting in April or May and a June harvest. The use of seed as a figure for God’s giving life has OT roots: Isa 55:10-11.

²tn Luke’s version of the parable, like Mark’s (cf. Mark 4:1-9) uses the collective singular to refer to the seed throughout, so singular pronouns have been used consistently throughout this parable in the English translation. However, the parallel account in Matt 13:1-9 begins with plural pronouns in v. 4 but then switches to the collective singular in v. 5 ff.

³tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).