Luke 8:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable:

New Living Translation
One day Jesus told a story in the form of a parable to a large crowd that had gathered from many towns to hear him:

English Standard Version
And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable,

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

New American Standard Bible
Now when a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable:

NASB 1995
When a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable:

NASB 1977
And when a great multitude were coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable:

Amplified Bible
When a large crowd was gathering together, and people from city after city were coming to Him, He spoke [to them] using a parable:

Christian Standard Bible
As a large crowd was gathering, and people were coming to Jesus from every town, he said in a parable,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:

Contemporary English Version
When a large crowd from several towns had gathered around Jesus, he told them this story:

Good News Translation
People kept coming to Jesus from one town after another; and when a great crowd gathered, Jesus told this parable:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When a large crowd had gathered and people had come to Jesus from every city, he used this story as an illustration:

International Standard Version
Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable:

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

New King James Version
And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had come to Him from every city, He spoke by a parable:

King James 2000 Bible
And when many people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable:

New Heart English Bible
When a large crowd came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

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

American King James Version
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every 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:

A Faithful Version
And as a great multitude was assembling, and those who were coming to Him from every city, He spoke a parable:

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

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

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Nowe when much people were gathered together, and were come vnto him out of all cities, he spake by a parable.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
When much people were gathered together, & were come to hym out of all cities, he spake by a similitude.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Now wha moch people were gathered together, and haisted vnto him out of the cities, He spake by a symilitude:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
When moch people were gadred to gether and were come to him out of all cities he spake by a similitude.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming to Him, He spoke by an allegory:

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

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

Smith's Literal Translation
And a great crowd being together, and coming to him in the city, he spake by a parable:

Literal Emphasis Translation
And a great crowd coming together, and those town after town journeying to Him, He spoke through a parable:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when a very great multitude was gathered together, and hastened out of the cities unto him, he spoke by a similitude.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then, when a very numerous crowd was gathering together and hurrying from the cities to him, he spoke using a comparison:

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when a great crowd had gathered, and they were coming to him from all the cities, he said in a parable:

Lamsa Bible
And when many people had gathered, and were coming to him from all the cities, he spoke by parables.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And when a great multitude had assembled, and they were coming to him from every city, he spoke by a parable:

Godbey New Testament
A great multitude being with Him, and coming to Him throughout every city, He spoke in a parable:

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.

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.

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.

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,
















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