Luke 8:9
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?In other versions
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
ASV
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.
BBE
And his disciples asked him [saying], What may this parable be?
DBY
Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
WEB
And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'
YLT
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
ENG
And his disciples asked him, saying, What doth this parable mean?
WBT
Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
BSB
In context
7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.