Parable of the Sower gathered on the lake shore. Luke's Gospel does not use a boat for the delivery of the sermon, but still has Jesus presenting the parable to a large crowd gathered from 'every city' and follows the parable with a question on the purpose of parables and an explanation of the parable of the sower itself. While the parable was told to the multitude, the explanations were only given to the disciples. Jesus says he teaches in parables because he does not want everyone to understand him, only those who are his followers. Those outside the group are not meant to
Names and titles of God in the New Testament name... in New Testament". Names and titles of God in the New Testament The tetragrammaton (YHWH) or trigrammaton (YHW) do not occur in any extant Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. Extant Greek New Testament manuscripts contain the Greek word "Kyrios" ("Lord") in Old Testament quotes where the Hebrew manuscripts contain the tetragrammaton. Some translations insert the tetragrammaton or another name of God into the New Testament where "Kyrios" appears in the available manuscripts. None of the extant Greek manuscripts of the New Testament contain the tetragrammaton, The oldest extant fragments of New Testament manuscripts—formula_1, formula_1, formula_1 and formula_1—do not