Protestantism
English
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
Then the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
And the disciples came and sayde to him: Why speakest thou to the in parables?
And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables?
And the disciples came, and said to him, Why speak you to them in parables?
And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to them in parables?
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables
(Isaiah 6:1–13; Mark 4:10–12; Luke 8:9–10)
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
And when his disciples came, they said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
Then the disciples came and said unto him, Why dost thou speak unto them in parables?
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
The Reason for the Parables
And the disciples came up and1 said to him, “⌞Why⌟2 do you speak to them in parables?”
- *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Literally “because of what”
And coming near, the disciples said to Him, Why do You speak to them in parables?
And the disciples said to Him, Why do You speak to them in parables?
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
And the disciples came and said to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables?
Afterwards his disciples came to him, and said: “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Afterwards his disciples came to him, and said: “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
And the disciples, coming near, said to him, Wherefore, in parables, art thou speaking to them?
And the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
Afterwards his disciples came to him, and said: “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speak you unto them in parables?
Catholicism