Luke 8:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 13:10 : 10 And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
  • Matt 13:18 : 18 `Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:
  • Mark 4:10 : 10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.
  • Mark 7:17-18 : 17 And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile, 18 and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?
  • John 15:15 : 15 no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.
  • Matt 13:36 : 36 Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'
  • Matt 15:15 : 15 And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.'
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 13:8-11
    4 verses
    85%

    8 and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

    9 He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

    10 And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

    11 And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

  • Luke 8:10-12
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    82%

    10 And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

    11 `And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

    12 and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.

  • Mark 4:8-13
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    8 and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

    9 And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

    10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

    11 and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

    12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

    13 And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

  • 17 And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

  • Luke 8:7-8
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    7 `And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

    8 `And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, `He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Luke 8:4-5
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    4 And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

    5 `The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

  • 21 And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'

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    18 `Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

    19 Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

  • 77%

    15 And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.'

    16 And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?

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    36 Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'

    37 And he answering said to them, `He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

  • 18 And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

  • Matt 13:3-4
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    3 and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

    4 and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

  • 45 And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • 13 `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

  • 30 And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

  • 32 but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.

  • Mark 4:33-34
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    33 And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

    34 and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

  • 24 Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

  • 6 This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

  • 20 And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

  • 3 `Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

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    27 `And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?

    28 And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, `that' having gone away we may gather it up?

  • 9 And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

  • 18 Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?

  • 14 And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,

  • 16 And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?'

  • 16 And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

  • 29 And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,

  • 1 And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

  • 15 `And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain `it', and bear fruit in continuance.

  • 26 And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

  • 3 And he spake unto them this simile, saying,