Luke 8:9
New International Version
His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

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

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

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

Berean Literal Bible
And His disciples were asking Him, "What does this parable mean?"

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

New King James Version
Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”

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

NASB 1995
His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.

NASB 1977
And His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable might be.

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

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And his disciples asked him, “What is this parable?”

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
His disciples asked him what this story meant.

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

International Standard Version
Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.

Literal Standard Version
And His disciples were questioning Him, saying, “What may this allegory be?”

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

New American Bible
Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be.

NET Bible
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Context
The Parable of the Sower
8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” 9Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant. 10He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’…

Cross References
Matthew 13:10
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do You speak to the people in parables?"

Mark 4:10
As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.


Treasury of Scripture

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

What.

Hosea 6:3
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Matthew 13:10,18,36
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? …

Matthew 15:15
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

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Luke 8
1. Women minister unto Jesus of their own means.
4. Jesus, after he had preached from place to place,
9. explains the parable of the sower,
16. and the candle;
19. declares who are his mother, and brothers;
22. rebukes the winds;
26. casts the legion of demons out of the man into the herd of pigs;
37. is rejected by the Gadarenes;
43. heals the woman of her bleeding;
49. and raises Jairus's daughter from death.














Verse 9. - And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be! This is the only parable St. Luke gives as spoken by our Lord in this place. St. Matthew - who gives the additional detail that on account of the pressure of the crowd on the lake-shore it was spoken from a boat moored close to the bank - relates seven parables here in sequence. It is probable that the Master spoke some of these at least on this occasion, but St. Luke, possibly on account of its extreme solemnity, possibly because he wished to mark this parable as the first of this new kind of teaching, relates it and its interpretation only, saying nothing further respecting that day's parable-teaching. It is most probable that all these reported discourses, parables, expositions, or sermons, are simply a resume of the original words. The disciples evidently by their question - which St. Mark tells us was put to Jesus when they were alone with him - were surprised and puzzled, first at the strange change which that eventful day inaugurated in the method of their Master's teaching, and secondly, at the peculiar character of this his first great parable-lesson. It was, indeed, a sombre and depressing announcement whatever way it was looked at - sombre as a picture of the results of his own past ministry, depressing if regarded as a prophecy of their future success as teachers.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

disciples
μαθηταὶ (mathētai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.

asked
Ἐπηρώτων (Epērōtōn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

what
Τίς (Tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

this
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

parable
παραβολή (parabolē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.

meant.
εἴη (eiē)
Verb - Present Optative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.


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