Luke 8:9

8:9 Then ¹  his disciples asked him what this parable meant. ² 

Luke 8:11

8:11 “Now the parable means ³  this: The seed is the word of God.

[8:9]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:9]  ² tn Grk “what this parable might be” (an optative after a secondary tense, in keeping with good Koine style).

[8:11]  ³ tn Grk “is,” but in this context it is clearly giving an explanation of the parable.