Luke 8:4

Once, when a great crowd was collecting, and, when the people of town after town were flocking to Jesus, he spoke to them in the form of a parable,

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

In Context

3and Joanna (the wife of Herod’s steward, Chuza), and Susannah, and many others – all of whom provided for Jesus and his apostles out of their own resources.

5‘The sower went out to sow his seed; and, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path and was trodden on; and the wild birds ate it up.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:2such great crowds gathered round him, that he got into a boat, and sat in it, while all the people stood on the beach.

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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