Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable 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?”
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?
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 But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced 100 times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!" 9 Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant. 10 So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 13:10
Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do you speak to people in parables?"
Matthew 13:18
"Listen, then, to the parable about the farmer.
Mark 4:10
When he was alone with the Twelve and those around him, they began to ask him about the parables.
Hosea 6:3
Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and asked, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."
Matthew 15:15
Then Peter told him, "Explain to us this parable."
Mark 4:34
He did not tell them anything without using a parable, though he explained everything to his disciples in private.
Mark 7:17-18
When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples began asking him about the parable.
John 15:15
I don't call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing. But I've called you friends, because I've made known to you everything that I've heard from my Father.