9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?


In Context

6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:9His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9And his disciples asked him, saying, What doth this parable mean?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9Then his disciples asked him, |What does this parable mean?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?