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Source language
Original Greek   
Ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ ⸀αὐτοῦ τίς ⸂αὕτη εἴη ἡ παραβολή⸃.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Eperoton de auton oi mathetai rautou tis [?]aute eie e parabole[?].

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
interrogabant autem eum discipuli eius quae esset haec parabola

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Authorized (King James) Version   
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
New King James Version   
Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”
21st Century King James Version   
And His disciples asked Him, saying, “What might this parable mean?”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And his disciples asked him, “What is this parable?”
Darby Bible Translation   
And his disciples asked him saying, What may this parable be?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
God's Word   
His disciples asked him what this story meant.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"
International Standard Version   
Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.
NET Bible   
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
New American Standard Bible   
His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.
New International Version   
His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
New Living Translation   
His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And his disciples asked him, saying, What doth this parable mean?
Weymouth New Testament   
The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.
The World English Bible   
Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jesus' disciples asked him about this story. They asked him what it meant.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'
New Life Version   
His followers asked Him what this picture-story meant.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then His disciples asked Him what parable that was.
The Voice Bible   
His disciples heard the words, but the deeper meaning eluded them. Disciples: What were You trying to say?
Living Bible   
His apostles asked him what the story meant.
New Catholic Bible   
Then his disciples asked him what the parable meant.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Christian Standard Bible   
Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And when His disciples asked Him the meaning of this parable,
New Century Version   
Jesus’ followers asked him what this story meant.
The Message   
His disciples asked, “Why did you tell this story?”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
His disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Now his disciples were questioning him · as to what this parable meant. ·
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
New Matthew Bible   
His disciples asked him, saying, What manner of similitude is this?
Good News Translation®   
His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant,
Wycliffe Bible   
But his disciples asked him, what this parable was.
New Testament for Everyone   
His disciples asked him what this parable was about.
Contemporary English Version   
Jesus' disciples asked him what the story meant.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then his disciples asked him the meaning of the parable. To which Jesus replied, “You have been given the chance to understand the secrets of the kingdom of God, but the others are given parables so that they may go through life with their eyes open and ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand’”.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
Common English Bible © 2011   
His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be.
New American Standard Bible   
Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.
The Expanded Bible   
Jesus’ ·followers [disciples] asked him what this ·story [parable] meant.
Tree of Life Version   
Now His disciples were asking Him what this parable meant.
Revised Standard Version   
And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,
New International Reader's Version   
His disciples asked him what the story meant.
BRG Bible   
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Complete Jewish Bible   
His talmidim asked him what this parable might mean,
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
His disciples asked Jesus what this story meant.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Now Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach’s talmidim began questioning him as to what this mashal might be.
Names of God Bible   
His disciples asked him what this story meant.
Modern English Version   
His disciples asked Him, “What might this parable mean?”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Jesus’ followers asked him, “What does this story mean?”
International Children’s Bible   
Jesus’ followers asked him, “What does this story mean?”
Lexham English Bible   
And his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
New International Version - UK   
His disciples asked him what this parable meant.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And His disciples were asking Him what this parable might mean.