Luke 8:9

International Standard Version

Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.Matthew 13:10; Mark 4:10;">[xr]

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

King James Version (1611)
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

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

English Standard Version
And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,

New American Standard Bible
Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.

New Century Version
Jesus' followers asked him what this story meant.

Amplified Bible
Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.

Legacy Standard Bible
And His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.

Berean Standard Bible
Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus' disciples asked him what the story meant.

Complete Jewish Bible
His talmidim asked him what this parable might mean,

Darby Translation
And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be?

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus' followers asked him, "What does this story mean?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then his disciples asked him, demaunding what parable that was.

George Lamsa Translation
And his disciples asked him, What is this parable?

Good News Translation
His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant,

Lexham English Bible
And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

Literal Translation
And His disciples questioned Him, saying, What might this parable be?

American Standard Version
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

Bible in Basic English
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

Hebrew Names Version
Then his talmidim asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

Etheridge Translation
And his disciples asked him, What is (the signification of) this parable ?

Murdock Translation
And his disciples asked him: what meaneth this similitude?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And his disciples asked hym, saying what maner of similitude is this?

English Revised Version
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

World English Bible
Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And his disciples asked him, What is this parable?

Weymouth's New Testament
The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But hise disciplis axiden him, what this parable was.

Update Bible Version
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

Webster's Bible Translation
And his disciples asked him, saying, What doth this parable mean?

New English Translation
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

New King James Version
Matthew 13:10-17; Mark 4:10-12">[xr] Then His disciples asked Him, saying, "What does this parable mean?"

New Living Translation
His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

New Life Bible
His followers asked Him what this picture-story meant.

New Revised Standard
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But his disciples began to question him - What might, this very, parable be?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

Revised Standard Version
And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And his disciples axed him sayinge: what maner similitude is this?

Young's Literal Translation
And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And his disciples axed him, and sayde: What symilitude is this?

Mace New Testament (1729)
But his disciples having ask'd him the meaning of this parable;

THE MESSAGE
His disciples asked, "Why did you tell this story?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Later on, when they were alone, some of his cowboys asked about the stories.

Contextual Overview

⁴ Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to him from every city, he said in a parable:Matthew 13:2; Mark 4:1;">[xr] ⁵ "A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate them up. ⁶ Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture. ⁷ Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes grew with them and choked them. ⁸ But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced a hundred times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!" ⁹ Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.Matthew 13:10; Mark 4:10;">[xr] ¹⁰ So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are giventhey are given">[fn] in parables, so thatIsaiah 6:9; Mark 4:12;">[xr] 'they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"Isaiah 6:9-10">[fn] ¹¹ "Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.Matthew 13:18; Mark 4:14;">[xr] ¹² The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. ¹³ The ones on the stony ground are the people who welcome the word with joy when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Hosea 6:3, Matthew 13:10, Matthew 13:18, Matthew 13:36, Matthew 15:15, Mark 4:10, Mark 4:34, Mark 7:17, Mark 7:18, John 15:15

Reciprocal: Mark 14:22 - this

Cross-References

Matthew 11:28
"Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.

John 16:33
I have told you this so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble, but be courageous - I have overcome the world!"Isaiah 9:6; John 14:1,27; 15:19-21; Romans 5:1; 8:37; Ephesians 2:14; Colossians 1:20; 2 Timothy 3:12; 1 John 4:4; 5:4;">[xr]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his disciples asked him,.... That is, as Mark says, "when he was alone"; after the multitude were departed, and they were by themselves, it may be in some house with other disciples:

saying, what might this parable be? what is the sense and meaning of it? According to Matthew, they asked why he spake in parables to the people; and to such a question the following words are a proper answer.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23.