Luke 8:9

The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"

10"To you," He replied, "it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but all others are taught by parables, in order that they may see and yet not see, and may hear and yet not understand.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:18"To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.

Matthew 15:15"Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.

Mark 4:34But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.

John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the 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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