Luke 8:4

4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:

Luke 8:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
ESV
4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:
NLT
4 One day Jesus told a story in the form of a parable to a large crowd that had gathered from many towns to hear him:
MSG
4 As they went from town to town, a lot of people joined in and traveled along. He addressed them, using this story:
CSB
4 As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:

Luke 8:4 In-Context

2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;
3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:
5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.
6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.
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