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 the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it. 8But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand. 11“Now the parable means this: 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

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 6:3So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
• Matthew 13:10Then the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
• Matthew 15:15But Peter said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”
• Mark 4:10When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
• Mark 7:17Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
• John 15:15I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I 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