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Luke 8:9

Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him sh'ma ·hear obey·!”

10He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ + 8:10. Quoted from Is 6:9

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Cross References

Matthew 13:18“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

Matthew 15:15Peter [Rock] answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

Mark 4:34Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

John 15:15+ 15:15. MP: Messiah calls these believers, or those who do the Father’s will, brethren or brothers. (Ps 22:22) No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his lord does. + 15:15. MP: “He will divide the spoils.” By being an atonement for many, Messiah is the Redeemer and therefore enjoys the benefits / spoils of this conquest; redeeming people from their former master who rules thru sin to the new Master who is Yahweh. (Is 53:12a) But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from 'Avi ·my Father·, I have 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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