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Luke 8:4

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

KJV

Συνιόντος δὲ ὄχλου πολλοῦ καὶ τῶν κατὰ πόλιν ἐπιπορευομένων πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν διὰ παραβολῆς·

Greek NT

Cum autem turba plurima convenirent, et de civitatibus properarent ad eum, dixit per similitudinem :

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
σύνειμι
suneimi
verb · 3×
ἐπιπορεύομαι
epiporeuomai
verb · 1×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Mark 4:1 — And 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.
  • Mark 4:1 — And 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.
  • Matt 13:1 — The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
  • Matt 13:2 — And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
  • Matt 13:2 — And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.