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Luke 8:9

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

KJV

Ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ τίς αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολή.

Greek NT

Interrogabant autem eum discipuli ejus, quæ esset hæc parabola.

Vulgate

And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

ASV

And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐπερωτάω
eperotao
verb · 56×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῦ | RP: + λέγοντες
  • αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + λέγοντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολή | WH/NIV: αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολή | Treg/RP: εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη
  • αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολήSBLGNT
  • αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολήWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτηTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 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.
  • 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.
  • Mark 4:10 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
  • Mark 4:10 — And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
  • Mark 4:34 — But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
  • Mark 4:34 — But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
  • Mark 7:17 — And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
  • Matt 13:10 — And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
  • Matt 13:18 — Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
  • Matt 13:36 — Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
  • Matt 15:15 — Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.