Luke 8:4 Meaning and Explanation
“And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:”
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Read Full Chapter →As crowds gather from every city, Jesus teaches them by the parable of the sower.
What Does Luke 8:4 Mean?
The traveling ministry gathers its harvest. People stream to Jesus out of every city, and when the great crowd assembles, He teaches them by a parable, the story of a sower and his seed.
A parable is a story from common life laid alongside the things of God, and it does two works at once: it opens truth to those who seek and veils it from those who only listen idly. The form itself tests the hearer. Jesus looks at a crowd holding every kind of heart and tells a story about every kind of soil, so that each listener may quietly find themselves in it.
Luke 8:4 in the Original Language
parabole (παραβολή), 'parable' -- a comparison laid alongside life to reveal truth.
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What does Luke 8:4 mean?
As crowds gather from every city, Jesus teaches them by the parable of the sower.