Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
When a great throng was gathering and people were coming to him from one town after another, he said in his figurative way,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
Holman Bible
As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:
International Standard Version
Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable:
A Conservative Version
And when a large multitude gathered together, and those coming to him from each city, he spoke by a parable.
American Standard Version
And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:
Amplified
When a large crowd was gathering together, and people from city after city were coming to Him, He spoke [to them] using a parable:
An Understandable Version
Then when a large crowd assembled and people from every town were coming to Jesus, He told them this parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate His teaching]:
Anderson New Testament
And when a great multitude had assembled, and they were coming to him from every city, he spoke by a parable:
Bible in Basic English
And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:
Common New Testament
And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:
Daniel Mace New Testament
A vast number of people being assembled, and crowding to him from all quarters, he thus address'd himself to them by way of parable.
Darby Translation
And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:
Godbey New Testament
A great multitude being with Him, and coming to Him throughout every city, He spoke in a parable:
John Wesley New Testament
And much people being gathered together, coming to him out of every city, he spake by a parable, A sower went forth to sow his seed:
Julia Smith Translation
And a great crowd being together, and coming to him in the city, he spake by a parable:
King James 2000
And when many people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [while] a large crowd was gathering and [they] were going to him from town [after town], he spoke by means of a parable:
Modern King James verseion
And a great crowd coming together, and those in each city coming to Him, He spoke by a parable:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of all cities, he spake by a similitude,
Moffatt New Testament
As a large crowd was gathering and as people were resorting to him from town after town, he addressed them in a parable.
Montgomery New Testament
As a great crowd was gathering, and men of town after town kept restoring to him, he spoke a parable to them.
NET Bible
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:
New Heart English Bible
When a great crowd came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
Noyes New Testament
And a great multitude collecting together, and people from the cities going out to him, he spoke by a parable:
Sawyer New Testament
And a great multitude having come together, and persons having come to him from every city, he said in a parable,
The Emphasized Bible
And, seeing that a great multitude were coming together, and they who from every city were journeying forth unto him, he spake through means of a parable: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now when a vast multitude was collected, even those who came to him out of every city, he spake by a parable.
Twentieth Century New Testament
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:
Webster
And when many people were collected, and had come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable:
Weymouth New Testament
And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.
Williams New Testament
Now as a great crowd was coming together and people were coming to Him from one town after another, He said by way of a story:
World English Bible
When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
Worrell New Testament
And, when a large multitude was coming together, and those from city after city were coming to Him, He spake through a parable:
Worsley New Testament
And when a great multitude was gathered together, of those that came to Him out of every city, He spake a parable saying,
Youngs Literal Translation
And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:
Themes
Bearing fruit » The sowing of God’s word
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 8:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Sower
3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them with their means. 4 When a great throng was gathering and people were coming to him from one town after another, he said in his figurative way, 5 "A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and was trodden on, and the wild birds ate it up.
Cross References
Matthew 13:2-9
And such great crowds gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat down in it, while all the people stood on the shore.
Mark 4:1-9
Then he began again to teach by the seashore. And a crowd gathered around him so great that he got into a boat and sat in it, a little way from the shore, while all the people were on the land close to the water.