Luke 8:9
Good News Translation
His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant,

New Revised Standard Version
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus' disciples asked him what the story meant.

New American Bible
Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

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And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

What.

Hosea 6:3 He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.

Matthew 13:10,18,36 And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables? . . .

Matthew 15:15 And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.

Mark 4:10,34 And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable. . . .

Mark 7:17,18 And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable. . . .

John 15:15 I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends. because all things, whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.

Context
The Parable of the Sower
8And other some fell upon good ground and, being sprung up, yielded fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, he cried out: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 9And his disciples asked him what this parable might be. 10To whom he said: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see and hearing may not understand.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:10
And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them in parables?

Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, the twelve that were with him asked him the parable.

Luke 8:8
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