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

2Some women also went with them. These women had been ill, but Jesus had made them well again. One of the women was Mary from Magdala. Jesus had sent seven bad spirits away from her. 3Another of the women was Joanna, the wife of Chuza. Chuza had authority over all the people that worked in the house of King Herod. Another of the women was Susanna. There were also many others. These women were using their own money to help Jesus and his disciples. Lots of people were coming to Jesus from many towns. A large crowd had already come together when Jesus told this story: 5‘A farmer went out to plant seeds in his field. While he was throwing the seeds, some of them fell on the path. Then people walked on them. Birds came down and they ate those seeds. 6Some seeds fell on ground which had rocks. The seeds started to grow. But the young plants died because the ground was not wet enough in that place.

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 13:2The crowd that came to listen to him was very large. So he went and sat in a boat that was on the water. The big crowd of people stood on the shore.
• Mark 4:1Again, Jesus began to teach people near the edge of Lake Galilee. A large crowd came together to listen to him. So he went and sat in a boat that was on the water. The crowd of people stayed 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

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• Jesus Christ
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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