Luke 8:4

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then when a large crowd assembled and people from every town were coming to Jesus, He told them this parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate His teaching]:

Cross References

Matthew 13:1

On that [same] day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down on the shore of the lake [i.e., Lake Galilee].

Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain. And as he sowed [i.e., scattering seeds by hand], some of it landed along side of the road; it was stepped on by people and [eventually] birds of the sky came and ate it.