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

4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable,

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:

4 As they went from town to town, a lot of people joined in and traveled along. He addressed them, using this story:

4 And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

4 When a large crowd had gathered and people had come to Jesus from every city, he used this story as an illustration:

4 As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:

4 A large crowd gathered together. People came to Jesus from town after town. As they did, he told a story. He said,

Luke 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 8:4

And when much people were gathered together
To Jesus, as he was by the sea side, the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias:

and were come to him out of every city;
of Galilee, to hear him preach, and see miracles:

he spake by a parable;
the following things.

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.