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
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 →