Luke 8:9

And his disciples asked him, what this parable was.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And another fell into the good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And saying these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

10And 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.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:18Hear therefore the parable of the sower.

Matthew 15:15And Peter answering said to him: Explain to us this parable.

Mark 4:34But without a parable he spoke not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.

John 15:15No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord does. But I have called you friends because all things that I heard from my Father I made known to you.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22

The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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