Luke 8:9 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 8:9

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

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ASV

And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

WEB

Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

YLT

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

DBT

And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be?

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Matthew 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Hosea 6:3
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

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Note, We should covet earnestly to know the true in tent, and full ex tent, of the word we hear, that we may be neither mistaken nor defective in our knowledge. Christ made them sensible of what great advantage it was to them that they had opportunity of acquainting themselves with the mystery and meaning of his word, which others had not: Unto you it is given,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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