Luke Chapter 8 Verse 1And 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,

‹There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.›

‹And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?›

Simon answered and said, I suppose that [he], to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, ‹Thou hast rightly judged.›

And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, ‹Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped› [them] ‹with the hairs of her head.›

‹Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.›

‹My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.›

‹Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven,› [the same] ‹loveth little.›

And he said unto her, ‹Thy sins are forgiven.›

And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

And he said to the woman, ‹Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.›

And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

‹A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.›

‹And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.›

‹And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.›

‹And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold.› And when he had said these things, he cried, ‹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.›

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

And he said, ‹Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.›

‹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.›

The Book of Luke, Chapter 8, Verse 1