Parallel Verses
John Wesley New Testament
And his disciples asked him, What is this parable?
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?
Goodspeed New Testament
His disciples asked him what this figure meant.
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
Houtos
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 8:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Reason For The Parables
8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred fold. And saying these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 9 And his disciples asked him, What is this parable? 10 And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables, so that seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not understand.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
Matthew 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom,
Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they that were about him, with the twelve, asked him of the parable.
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus having sent the multitude away, went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the darnel of the field.
Matthew 15:15
Then answered Peter and said to him, Declare to us this parable.
Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not to them: and in private he expounded all things to his disciples.
Mark 7:17-18
And when he was come from the multitude into the house, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
John 15:15
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.