Luke 8:9

And his disciples asked hym, saying what maner of similitude is this?

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And some fell on good grounde, and sprang vp, and bare fruite, an hundred folde. And as he sayde these thynges, he cryed: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare.

10And he sayde, Unto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of God: but to other by parables, that when they see, they shoulde not see, and when they heare, they shoulde not vnderstande.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:18Heare ye therfore the similitude of the sower.

Matthew 15:15Then aunswered Peter, and sayde vnto hym: Declare vnto vs this parable.

Mark 4:34But without parable spake he nothing vnto them. But when they were alone, he expounded all thynges to his disciples.

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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