Luke 8:9

New Living Translation

His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

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?"

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

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 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 One day Jesus told a story in the form of a parable to a large crowd that had gathered from many towns to hear him: ⁵ "A farmer went out to plant his seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it. ⁶ Other seed fell among rocks. It began to grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for lack of moisture. ⁷ Other seed fell among thorns that grew up with it and choked out the tender plants. ⁸ Still other seed fell on fertile soil. This seed grew and produced a crop that was a hundred times as much as had been planted!" When he had said this, he called out, "Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand." ⁹ His disciples asked him what this parable meant. ¹⁰ He replied, "You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled: ‘When they look, they won't really see. When they hear, they won't understand.' ¹¹ "This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God's word. ¹² The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message, only to have the devil come and take it away from their hearts and prevent them from believing and being saved. ¹³ The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don't have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.

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

Deuteronomy 28:65
There among those nations you will find no peace or place to rest. And the Lord will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair.

Psalms 116:7
Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me.

Isaiah 60:8
"And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests?

Ezekiel 7:16
The survivors who escape to the mountains will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.

Matthew 11:28
Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

John 16:33
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."

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.