Luke 8:4
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto him, he spake by a parable:
KJV
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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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Συνιόντος | Suniontos | When were assembling | G4896 → |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → |
| ὄχλου | ochlou | a crowd | G3793 → |
| πολλοῦ | pollou | great | G4183 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τῶν | tōn | those | G3588 → |
| κατὰ | kata | from each | G2596 → |
| πόλιν | polin | town | G4172 → |
| ἐπιπορευομένων | epiporeuomenōn | are coming | G1975 → |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | Him | G846 → |
| εἶπεν | eipen | He spoke | G2036 → |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → |
| παραβολῆς· | parabolēs | a parable: | G3850 → |
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