Lùjiāfúyīn 8:9

9 Méntǔ wèn Yēsū shuō , zhè bǐyù shì shénme yìsi ne .

Lùjiāfúyīn 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:9

And his disciples asked him
That is, as Mark says, "when he was alone"; after the multitude were departed, and they were by themselves, it may be in some house with other disciples:

saying, what might this parable be?
what is the sense and meaning of it? According to Matthew, they asked why he spake in parables to the people; and to such a question the following words are a proper answer.

Lùjiāfúyīn 8:9 In-Context

7 Yòu luò zaì jīngjí lǐ de , jīngjí yītóng shēng zhǎng , bǎ tā jǐ zhù le .

8 Yòu yǒu luò zaì hǎo tǔ lǐ de , shēng zhǎng qǐlai , jiē shí bǎi beì . Yēsū shuō le zhèxie huà , jiù dàshēng shuō , yǒu ĕr kĕ tīng de , jiù yīngdāng tīng .

9 Méntǔ wèn Yēsū shuō , zhè bǐyù shì shénme yìsi ne .

10 Tā shuō , shén guó de àomì , zhǐ jiào nǐmen zhīdào . zhìyú biérén , jiù yòng bǐyù , jiào tāmen kàn yĕ kàn bú jiàn , tīng yĕ tīng bú míng .

11 Zhè bǐyù nǎi shì zhèyàng . zhǒngzǐ jiù shì shén de dào .