Luk 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
That seed is planted by the preaching of the gospel
1Cr 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe
Rom 10:17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
1Th 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
God ordained that men should deliver the means of salvation the word of God that brings faith. What an honor to be a co worker with God. That was recognized by Paul
1Cr 3:4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
1Cr 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
1Cr 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1Cr 3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1Cr 3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1Cr 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.
Paul knew to whom the glory goes.
The seed did not plant itself or water itself or grow due to its own efforts, but all of those things occurred because God ordained them . They are all a work of God and his grace .
I think I should add the parable of the Sower to the list of parables Luther did not read, because you are not able to concentrate on it either.
If I ask for the increase, the stuff explained in Luke 17 happens: works are demanded of me. I posted that in 20.