4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:


In Context

1 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,

2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;

3 Joanna the wife of Cuza, the manager of Herod's household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.

4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:

5 "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.

6 Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.

Luke 8:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:4And when a very great multitude was gathered together, and hastened out of the cities unto him, he spoke by a similitude.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:4And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:4And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4And when many people were collected, and had come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:4And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:4And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable: