Luke 8:9

But his disciples asked him, what this parable was.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And other fell into good earth, and it sprang up, and made an hundredfold fruit. He said these things, and cried, He that hath ears of hearing, hear he.

10And he said to them, To you it is granted to know the private [or the mystery] of the kingdom of God (or To you it is granted to know the secret of the Kingdom of God); but to other men (I speak) in parables, (so) that they seeing see not, and they hearing understand not.

Read all of Luke 8

Cross References

Hosea 6:3We shall know, and follow, (so) that we know the Lord. His going out is made ready at the morrowtide, and he shall come as a rain to us, which is timeful and lateful to the earth.

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

Matthew 15:15Peter answered, and said to him, Expound to us this parable.

Mark 4:34and he spake not to them without parable (s). But he expounded to his disciples all things by themselves.

John 15:15Now I shall not call you servants, for the servant knoweth not, what his lord shall do; but I have called you friends, for all (the) things whatever I heard of 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 8:9