Luke 8:4

And when a great multitude was assembled, and people came to him from all the cities, he said, in similitudes:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them of their property.

5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the side of the path, and was trodden upon, and a bird devoured it.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:2And great multitudes assembled around him; so that he embarked and seated himself in a ship, and all the multitude stood on the shore of the sea.

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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