Luke 8:9
7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
8 Still 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.”
Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
10 He 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.’
11 Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
- KJV
- And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
- WEB
- Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
- ASV
- And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
- DARBY
- And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be?
- BLB
- And His disciples were asking Him, “What may this parable be?”
- ÅB
- Men hans disipler spurte ham hva denne lignelse skulle bety.
- OTB
- Hans disipler spurte om betydningen av denne lignelsen.
- B1930
- Men hans disipler spurte ham hvad denne lignelse skulde bety.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:18
Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
Read in contextMatthew 13:10
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
Read in contextMark 4:10
As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
Read in contextMatthew 13:36
Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Read in contextMark 7:17–18
After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
Read in contextJohn 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
Read in contextHosea 6:3
So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
Read in contextMark 4:34
He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
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