Luke 8:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.

5“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:2Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:2-4

The Ministry of Christ. 1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, 2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. We are here told, I. What Christ made the constant business of his… Read the whole commentary →

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