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

2Also, some women were with him. They had been cured from evil spirits and various illnesses. These women were Mary, also called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out; 3Joanna, whose husband Chusa was Herod’s administrator; Susanna; and many other women. They provided financial support for Jesus and his disciples. When a large crowd had gathered and people had come to Jesus from every city, he used this story as an illustration: 5“A farmer went to plant his seeds. Some seeds were planted along the road, were trampled, and were devoured by birds. 6Others were planted on rocky soil. When the plants came up, they withered because they 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 13:2The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat. He sat in the boat while the entire crowd stood on the shore.
• Mark 4:1Jesus began to teach again by the Sea of Galilee. A very large crowd gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat in it. The boat was in the water while the entire crowd lined 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