Luke 8:4
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And when a very great multitude was gathered together and hastened out of the cities, unto him, he spoke by a similitude.

Matthew 13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.

Mark 4:1 And again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship and sat in the sea: and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side.

Context
The Parable of the Sower
3And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna and many others who ministered unto him of their substance. 4And when a very great multitude was gathered together and hastened out of the cities, unto him, he spoke by a similitude. 5The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the way side. And it was trodden down: and the fowls of the air devoured it.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:1
The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.

Matthew 13:2
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.

Mark 4:1
And again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship and sat in the sea: and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side.

Luke 8:5
The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the way side. And it was trodden down: and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Lexicon
[While]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

a large
πολλοῦ (pollou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often.

crowd
ὄχλου (ochlou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

was gathering
Συνιόντος (Syniontos)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4896: To come together. From sun and eimi; to assemble.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[people]
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

were coming
ἐπιπορευομένων (epiporeuomenōn)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1975: To travel, journey (to). From epi and poreuomai; to journey further, i.e. Travel on.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

[Jesus]
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

from town after town,
πόλιν (polin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

He told [them]
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

[this] parable:
παραβολῆς (parabolēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3850: From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.


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

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

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

And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:

And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:

And when many people were collected, and had come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable:

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

When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:
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