Tree of Life Version
Luke 8:4
4And when a large crowd was gathering and those from various towns were traveling to Him, He spoke by means of a parable.
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 certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities — Miriam, the one called Magdalene, out of whom seven demons had gone; 3Joanna, the wife of Kuza, Herod’s finance minister; Susanna; and many others—were supporting them out of their own resources. And when a large crowd was gathering and those from various towns were traveling to Him, He spoke by means of a parable. 5“The sower went out to spread his seed. As he sowed, some fell beside the road and was trampled; and the birds of the air ate it up. 6And other seed fell on rock; when it came up, that seed withered away because it had no moisture.
Read all of Luke 8Luke 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
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
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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
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