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

2along with some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases. Among them were Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons; 3Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s business manager; Susanna; and many others who were contributing from their own resources to support Jesus and his disciples. One day Jesus told a story in the form of a parable to a large crowd that had gathered from many towns to hear him: 5“A farmer went out to plant his seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it. 6Other seed fell among rocks. It began to grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for lack of 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 13:2A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore.
• Mark 4:1Once again Jesus began teaching by the lakeshore. A very large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat in the boat while all the people remained 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