Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
His disciples asked him what this figure meant.
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?
Bible in Basic English
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
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?
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
De
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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 fell on good soil, and grew up and yielded a hundred fold!" As he said this he called out, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!" 9 His disciples asked him what this figure meant. 10 And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but they are given to others in the form of figures, so that they may look and yet not see, and hear and yet not understand.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 13:10
His disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in figures?"
Matthew 13:18
"You must listen closely then to the figure of the sower.
Mark 4:10
When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.
Matthew 13:36
Then he left the crowds and went into his house. And his disciples came up to him and said, "Explain to us the figure of the weeds in the field."
Matthew 15:15
Peter said to him, "Explain the figure for us."
Mark 4:34
He said nothing to them except in figures, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.
Mark 7:17-18
When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples asked him what he meant by this figure.
John 15:15
I do not call you slaves any longer, for a slave does not know what his master is doing, but now I call you friends, for I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.