Luke 8:4 Parallel Translations

When a large crowd had gathered and people had come to Jesus from every city, he used this story as an illustration:(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Luke 8:4 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 13:2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

Mark 4:1 He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:4 {1} And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
(1) The same gospel is sown everywhere, but does not everywhere yield the same fruit, and this is only due to the fault of men themselves.

WES:

8:4 Mt 13:1; Mr 4:1.

MHC:

8:4-21 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 carelessly and slightly, lest we entertain prejudices against the word we hear; and to take heed to our spirits after we have heard the word, lest we lose what we have gained. The gifts we have, will be continued to us or not, as we use them for the glory of God, and the good of our brethren. Nor is it enough not to hold the truth in unrighteousness; we should desire to hold forth the word of life, and to shine, giving light to all around. Great encouragement is given to those who prove themselves faithful hearers of the word, by being doers of the work. Christ owns them as his relations.

CONC:

Additions Assembling Cities Collected Crowd Form Gathered Gathering Journeying Large Multitude Parable Receiving Resorted Simile Spake Spoke Story Teaching Town Various

Chuza City Collected Contributed Form Gathered Gathering Great Herod's Jesus Joanna Multitude Parable Resorted Simile Steward Support Susanna Teaching Together Various Wife Women

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