Luke 8:9

And his disciples asked him: what meaneth this similitude?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And other fell on good and fair ground, and sprung up, and bore fruits, a hundred for one. Having said these things, he cried: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10And he said to them: To you it is given, to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to others, it is spoken in allegories; that, while seeing, they may not see, and while hearing, may not understand.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:18But hear ye the similitude of the seed.

Matthew 15:15And Simon Cephas answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude.

Mark 4:34And without similitudes he did not converse with them: but to his disciples, between himself and them, he explained every thing.

John 15:15I no longer call you servants; because a servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you my friends; because, whatever I have heard from 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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