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


In Context

1 It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,

2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

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

5 |The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this 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 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: