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:

Matthew 13:2-9

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

Mark 4:1-9

Jesus again began to teach by the Sea; and, as an immense crowd was gathering round him, he got into a boat, and sat in it on the Sea, while all the people were on the shore at the water's edge.

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Summary

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

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Matthew 13:2
such great crowds gathered round him, that he got into a boat, and sat in it, while all the people stood upon the beach.
Mark 4:1
Jesus again began to teach by the Sea; and, as an immense crowd was gathering round him, he got into a boat, and sat in it on the Sea, while all the people were on the shore at the water's edge.