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


In Context

6 'And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

7 'And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

8 And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear — let him hear.'

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

10 And he said, 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

11 'And this is the simile: 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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