Luke 8:9

Luke 8:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
• New International Version (NIV)His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”

Context of Luke 8:9

7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings. 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.” Then 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.’ 11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:9 word by word

Ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ τίς αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολή;Read the interlinear

• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• Hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850
• meantεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for Luke 8:9

• Hosea 6:3So 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.
• Matthew 13:10Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
• Matthew 15:15Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
• Mark 4:10As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
• Mark 7:17After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
• John 15:15No 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.

Commentaries on Luke 8:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-15Verses 4-15 See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-21Verses 4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-15The parable of the farmer scattering seed shows that people respond in different ways to the message of Jesus about God’s kingdom.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:9

• Agriculture
• Character
• Converts
• Jesus, the Christ
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Parable
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• mystery, hidden truth

Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings