Luke 8:4
¶ And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
¶ *And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of euery citie, he spake by a parable:
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- *Cross-referenceMat. 13.2.
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- Mark 4:1–9Rank 1 from verse 4
1AND he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
1¶ And he *beganne againe to teach by the Sea side: and there was gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that he entred into a ship, and sate in the Sea: and the whole multitude was by the Sea on the land.
2And he taught them many things by parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine,
3Hearken, Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4And it came to passe as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules of the aire came, & deuoured it vp.
5And some fell on stonie ground, where it had not much earth: and immediately it sprang vp, because it had no depth of earth.
6But when the Sunne was vp, it was scorched, and because it had no roote, it withered away.
7And some fell among thornes, and the thornes grew vp, and choked it, and it yeelded no fruite.
8And other fell on good ground, and did yeeld fruite that sprang vp, and increased, and brought foorth some thirtie, & some sixtie, & some an hundred.
9And he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
- Matthew 13:2–9Rank 2 from verse 4
2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
2And great multitudes were gathered together vnto him, so that hee went into a ship, and sate, and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3And hee spake many things vnto them in parables, saying, *Behold, a sower went foorth to sow.
4And when he sowed, some seedes fell by the wayes side, and the foules came, and deuoured them vp.
5Some fell vpon stony places, where they had not much earth: and foorth with they sprung vp, because they had no deepenesse of earth.
6And when the Sunne was vp, they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.
7And some fell among thorns: and the thornes sprung vp, & choked them.
8But other fell into good ground, and brought foorth fruit, some an hundred folde, some sixtie folde, some thirty folde.
9Who hath eares to heare, let him heare.
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Luke 8:4
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.
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In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.
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A figurative saying, comparison, or narrative that sets one matter beside another to convey meaning.
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3And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
3And Ioanna the wife of Chuza, Herods steward, and Susanna, and many others which ministred vnto him of their substance.
4¶ And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
4¶ *And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of euery citie, he spake by a parable:
Selected passage5A 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.
5A Sower went out to sowe his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side, and it was troden downe, and the foules of the aire deuoured it.