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Luke 8:4

2 as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

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

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

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.

6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
KJV
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
WEB
When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable:
ASV
And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:
DARBY
And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:
BLB
And a great crowd assembling and those [from] each town coming to Him, He spoke by a parable:
ÅB
Da nå meget folk strømmet sammen, og de som bodde omkring i byene, dro ut til ham, sa han i en lignelse:
OTB
Da en stor folkemengde samlet seg og folk fra ulike byer kom til Jesus, talte han til dem i en lignelse:
B1930
Da nu meget folk strømmet sammen, og de som bodde omkring i byene, drog ut til ham, sa han i en lignelse:

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Cross references

  • Mark 4:1–9

    Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

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  • Matthew 13:2–9

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

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