World English Bible
"Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?""
— Luke 8:9, World English Bible
“And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?”
“And his disciples asked him what this parable might be. ”
“Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.”
“And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.”
“And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.”
“And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?”
Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.