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

7Some seeds fell among thorn bushes. Those bushes grew up with the young plants. They stopped the seeds from growing into strong plants. 8But some seeds fell on good soil. Strong plants grew from those seeds. Each of these plants made 100 seeds.’ When Jesus finished the story, he said, ‘You have ears, so listen well to what I say!’ Jesus' disciples asked him about this story. They asked him what it meant. 10Jesus replied, ‘God has let you know what these stories mean. You understand how God rules in the lives of his people. But other people only listen to my stories. They look, but they do not really see clearly. They hear the words, but they do not really understand.’ 11Jesus then said, ‘This is what the story means: The seeds are like the message from God.

Luke 8:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• mightεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850

Cross-references for Luke 8:9

• Hosea 6:3We should respect the Lord's authority. We must try to know him better. Then he will certainly come to rescue us. He will come to us as surely as the sun appears each morning. He will help us as surely as the rain comes in spring and it makes the ground wet for plants to grow.’
• Matthew 13:10Then Jesus' disciples came to him. They asked him, ‘Why do you use stories to speak to the crowd?’
• Matthew 15:15Peter said to Jesus, ‘Explain to us what you mean.’
• Mark 4:10When Jesus was alone, the 12 apostles and other people who were there asked him about the stories.
• Mark 7:17Jesus left the crowd of people and he went into a house. Then his disciples asked him to explain what he had taught.
• John 15:15A servant does not know what his master is doing. So I do not call you servants any more. No, I call you my friends. This is because I have told you everything that I have heard from my Father.

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