Luke 8:4

4 And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

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 certain women whom He had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases--Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had come,

3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support of Jesus and His Apostles.

4 And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

5 "The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.

6 Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.