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Luke 8:9

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 bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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

10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

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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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 13:18

    Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

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  • Matthew 13:10

    And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

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  • Mark 4:10

    And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

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  • Matthew 13:36

    Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

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  • Mark 7:17–18

    And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

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  • John 15:15

    Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

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  • 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.

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  • Mark 4:34

    But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

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