Luke 8:15

And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 4:1....

4-21 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 are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to our spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained. The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Great...

Verse Luke 8:15. _WITH PATIENCE._] Rather, _with perseverance_. The Greek word υπομονη, which our translators render _patience_, properly signifies here, and in Romans 2:7, _perseverance_. The _good ground_, because it is _good_, strong and vigorous, _continues_ to bear: _bad_ or _poor_ ground cannot produce a good crop, and besides it is very soon exhausted. The persons called the _good ground_ in the text are filled with the power and influence of God, and therefore _continue_ to bring forth fruit; i.e. they persevere in righteousness. From this we may learn that the _perseverance of the saints_, as it is termed, necessarily implies that they continue to bring forth fruit to the glory of God. Those who are not fruitful are not in a state of perseverance....

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1....

EXPOSITION LUKE 8:1 _St. Luke_'_s brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus._ LUKE 8:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTERWARD. St. Luke here notices an alteration in the Master's way of life. From this time forward Jesus ceased to make Capernaum "his city," his usual residence; he now journeys with his little band of followers from place to place. From this time there was also a distinct change in the tone of his teaching. The Greek word rendered "afterward" is the same as that translated "in order" in Luke 1:3. SHOWING THE GLAD TIDINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The public work of Jesus may be well arranged under three hea

BUT THAT ON THE GOOD GROUND ARE THEY,.... The seed that fell on good ground design such hearers, WHICH IN AN HONEST AND GOOD HEART, HAVING HEARD THE WORD, KEEP IT: who hear with an honest and good intention, and faithfully keep it, and hold it fast: AND BRING FORTH FRUIT WITH PATIENCE; with great constancy, suffering much for the sake of it; and the more they suffer, the more fruitful they are. See this explanation of the parable more largely insisted on in the following notes. Matthew 13:19 Matthew 13:20 Matthew 13:21 Matthew 13:22...

Luke 8:1. _And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,_ Our Lord's display of forgiving grace to the woman who was a sinner seemed to whet his appetite for soul-saving, so that «he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God.» Dear friends, whenever we win a soul for God, let it spur us on to a greater diligence in his service, let it make us insatiable for more of this best wine of the kingdom of heaven. It was so with our Divine Master. He went about preaching; and, as he preached, he was training others also to preach: «the twelve were with him.» I think that, whenever there is a successful ministry, there should be those round about who are being trained to continue it. Among the Waldensians, the pasto...

CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The Ministering Company (Luke 8:1 .) 2. The Parable of the Sower. (Luke 8:4 .) 3. The Parable of the Lighted Candle. (Luke 8:16) 4. The Declaration of a New Relationship. (Luke 8:19 .) 5. The Storm on the Lake. (Luke 8:22) 6. In the Country of the Gadarenes; the Maniac Healed. (Luke 8:26) 7. His Rejection by the Gadarenes. (Luke 8:37 .) 8. The Wo

PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Mark 4:1 *, Matthew 13:4 *). Having dropped Mk. at Luke 6:19, Lk. here resumes his predecessor's narrative, though reserving Mark 3:20 till later. Lk.'s version is the shortest of the three. His variations, especially in the interpretation, are interesting but call for no comment here....

ON THE ROAD (Luke 8:1-3)...