Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Holman Bible
Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”
International Standard Version
Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.
A Conservative Version
And his disciples questioned him, saying, What is this parable?
American Standard Version
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
Amplified
Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.
An Understandable Version
Then Jesus' disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
Anderson New Testament
And the disciples asked him, saying: What does this parable mean?
Common New Testament
When his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
Daniel Mace New Testament
But his disciples having ask'd him the meaning of this parable;
Darby Translation
And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?
Godbey New Testament
And His disciples asked Him saying, What might this parable be?
Goodspeed New Testament
His disciples asked him what this figure meant.
John Wesley New Testament
And his disciples asked him, What is this parable?
Julia Smith Translation
And his disciples asked him, saying, What may this parable be?
King James 2000
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
Modern King James verseion
And His disciples asked Him, saying, What might this parable be?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And his disciples asked him, saying, "What manner similitude is this?"
Moffatt New Testament
The disciples questioned him about the meaning of the parable;
Montgomery New Testament
Then his disciples began to interrupt him, saying, "What does this parable mean?"
NET Bible
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
New Heart English Bible
Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
Noyes New Testament
And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
Sawyer New Testament
And his disciples asked him, What does this parable mean?
The Emphasized Bible
But his disciples began to question him - What might, this very, parable be?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then his disciples asked him, saying. What might this parable mean?
Twentieth Century New Testament
His disciples asked Jesus the meaning of this parable.
Webster
And his disciples asked him, saying, What doth this parable mean?
Weymouth New Testament
The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.
Williams New Testament
His disciples were asking Him what this story meant.
World English Bible
Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
Worrell New Testament
And His disciples were asking Him, what this parable might be.
Worsley New Testament
And his disciples asked Him, what might be the meaning of this parable.
Youngs Literal Translation
And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'
Themes
Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the sower
Bearing fruit » The sowing of God’s word
Disciples/apostles » What the disciples know
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Knowledge » What the disciples know
Parables » Why jesus Christ spoke in parables
Parables » Parables of Christ » Sower
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 8:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Reason For The Parables
8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear. 9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story. 10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
Matthew 13:18
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
Mark 4:10
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
Hosea 6:3
And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
Matthew 13:36
Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.
Matthew 15:15
Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
Mark 4:34
And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
Mark 7:17-18
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
John 15:15
No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.