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Luke 8:9

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And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
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  1. Mark 4:10Rank 1 from verse 9
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    10And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

  2. Matthew 13:10Rank 2 from verse 9
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    10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

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    18¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

  4. Hosea 6:3Rank 4 from verse 9
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    3Then 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.

  5. John 15:15Rank 5 from verse 9
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    15Henceforth 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.

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Luke 8:9

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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parable

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A figurative saying, comparison, or narrative that sets one matter beside another to convey meaning.

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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?

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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.

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