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


In Context

6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times.| As he said these things, he called out, |He who has ears to hear, let him hear!|

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

10 He said, |To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

11 Now the parable is this: 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 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 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?