Luke 8:9

His disciples asked Jesus the meaning of this parable.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Other seed fell into rich soil, and grew, and gave a hundred-fold return.” After saying this, Jesus cried aloud: “Let him who has ears to hear with hear.”

10“To you,” he said, “the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of God has been imparted, but to others in parables only, that ‘though they have eyes they may not see, and though they have ears, they may not understand.’

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Cross References

Matthew 13:18Listen, then, yourselves to the parable of the Sower.

Matthew 15:15Upon this, Peter said to Jesus: “Explain this saying to us.”

Mark 4:34and to them he never used to speak except in parables; but in private to his own disciples he explained everything.

John 15:15I no longer call you ‘servants,’ because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have given you the name of ‘friends,’ because I made known to you everything that I learned from my Father.

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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