9His disciples asked him what this parable meant.


In Context

6 Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.

8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown." When he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

10 He said, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, " 'though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.'

11 "This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

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?