Luke 8:9

World English Bible (2000)

Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

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  • Matt 13:10 : 10 The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
  • Matt 13:18 : 18 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
  • Mark 4:10 : 10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
  • Mark 7:17-18 : 17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,
  • John 15:15 : 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
  • Matt 13:36 : 36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."
  • Matt 15:15 : 15 Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."

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    8Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

    9He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

    10The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

    11He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

  • Luke 8:10-12
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    10He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

    11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

    12Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

  • Mark 4:8-13
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    8Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."

    9He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

    10When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

    11He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

    12that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"

    13He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

  • Mark 7:17
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    17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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    7Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

    8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

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    4When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

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    21He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"

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    18"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

    19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

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    15Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."

    16So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?

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    36Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."

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    18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

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    3He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

    4As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

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    45But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

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    13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

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    30He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

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    32But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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    33With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

    34Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

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    20Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

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    3"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

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    27The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

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    18Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?

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    14Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.

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    16He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"

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    16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

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    29He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.

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    15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

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    26He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

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    3He told them this parable.