Luke 8:9

And His disciples asked Him saying, What might this parable be?

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And other fell into good ground, and springing up, produced fruit, a hundredfold. Speaking these things, He cried out, Let the one having ears to hear, hear.

10And He said; To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:18Therefore hear ye the parable of the sower.

Matthew 15:15Peter responding said to Him, Explain unto us the parable.

Mark 4:34And without a parable He did not speak to them: and He privately expounded all things to His disciples.

John 15:15No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord is doing: but I have called you friends; because all things which I heard with my Father, I made known unto 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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