The Parable of the Sower
Luke 8:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
- KJV
- And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
- WEB
- Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
- ASV
- And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
- LSV
- And His disciples were questioning Him, saying, “What may this allegory be?”
- YLT
- And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'
- DBY
- And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be?
- DRC
- And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
- GNV
- Then his disciples asked him, demaunding what parable that was.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include λέγοντες (“saying”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- Word order: Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὕτη elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ; Robinson–Pierpont add λέγοντες.
- SBLGNT: αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολή. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολή; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ τίς αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολή.
- RP2018
- Ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, λέγοντες, Τίς εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη;
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, λέγοντες, Τίς εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη;
- SCR1894
- επηρωτων δε αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου λεγοντες τις ειη η παραβολη αυτη
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Cross-references most cited first
- Mark 4:10As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
- Matthew 13:18Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
- Matthew 13:10Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
- Mark 7:17–18After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable. “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- Matthew 15:15Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
- Matthew 13:36Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
- Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
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