Luke 8:4
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
Luke 8:4 in other translations
| BSB | While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable: |
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| WEB | When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable: |
| ASV | And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable: |
| YLT | And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile: |
| DARBY | And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable: |
| BBE | And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story: |
| Webster | And when many people were collected, and had come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable: |
What does Luke 8:4 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:4-21
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Luke 8:4 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 8:4
- Mark 4:1-9
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. …
- Matthew 13:2-9
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: …
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Context
- Luke 8:3
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
- Luke 8:4
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
- Luke 8:5
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
Luke 8:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y como se juntó una grande compañía, y los que estaban en cada ciudad vinieron á él, dijo por una parábola: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et comme une grande foule s’assemblait, et qu’on venait à lui de toutes les villes, il dit en parabole: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als sich aber eine große Volksmenge versammelte und sie aus jeder Stadt zu ihm hinkamen, sprach er durch ein Gleichnis: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum autem turba plurima convenirent, et de civitatibus properarent ad eum, dixit per similitudinem: |