Luke 8:4

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support of Jesus and His Apostles.

5"The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:2when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, 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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