Luke 8:4

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And a great crowd assembling and those from each town coming to Him, He spoke by a parable:

Latin

Cum autem turba plurima convenirent, et de civitatibus properarent ad eum, dixit per similitudinem:

Greek

English

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

The parable of the farmer scattering seed shows that people respond in different ways to the message of Jesus about God’s kingdom.

Theme notes and profiles

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.
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.