Luke 8:4

Luke 8:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
• New International Version (NIV)While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had come to Him from every city, He spoke by a parable:

Context of Luke 8:4

2and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, called Magdalene [from the city of Magdala in Galilee], from whom seven demons had come out, 3and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means [as was the custom for a rabbi’s disciples]. When a large crowd was gathering together, and people from city after city were coming to Him, He spoke [to them] using a parable: 5“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate it up. 6And some seed fell on [shallow soil covering] the rocks, and as soon as it sprouted, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Luke 8:4 word by word

Συνιόντος δὲ ὄχλου πολλοῦ καὶ τῶν κατὰ πόλιν ἐπιπορευομένων πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν διὰ παραβολῆς·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• And whenδέde · thenG1161
• muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• were gathered togetherσύνειμιsuneimi · to gatherG4896
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• were comeἐπιπορεύομαιepiporeuomai · to come/go toG1975
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• out of everyκατάkata · according toG2596
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• he spakeλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• a parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850

Cross-references for Luke 8:4

• Matthew 13:2But such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat there [positioning Himself as a teacher], while the whole crowd stood on the shore.
• Mark 4:1Again Jesus began to teach beside the sea [of Galilee]. And a very large crowd gathered around Him, so He got into a boat [anchoring it a short distance out] on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore.

Commentaries on Luke 8:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-15Verses 4-15 See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-21Verses 4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-15The parable of the farmer scattering seed shows that people respond in different ways to the message of Jesus about God’s kingdom.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 8:4

• Converts
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Choke
• Fall
• Jeopardy
• Possess
• Somebody
• Strive
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• parable
• sow, sower, plant, planted, replanted, transplanted

Commentaries on Luke 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings