9His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
9His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
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.
8:9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
8:9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
8:9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
8:9And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?
8:9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
8:9And his disciples asked him, saying, What doth this parable mean?
8:9Then his disciples asked him, |What does this parable mean?|
8:9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'
8:9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?