Passage

The seed is God’s word

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹¹“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:11World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

When the disciples ask about the parable, its seed is identified as the word of God.

Those along the road are described as hearers from whose hearts the devil removes the word, so that they do not believe and are not saved.

What is the seed identified as in the explanation of the parable?