4 When a large crowd came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
Luke 8:4 Cross References - NHEB
Matthew 13:2-9
2 And large crowds gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the crowd stood on the beach.
3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Look, a farmer went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 And others fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
6 But when the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
7 Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
8 Still others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 He who has ears, let him hear."
Mark 4:1-9
1 And again he began to teach by the seaside. And a large crowd was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. And the whole crowd was on the land by the sea.
2 And then he taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
3 "Listen. Look, the sower who went out to sow.
4 And it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
5 And others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
6 And when the sun came up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth thirty times, and sixty times, and one hundred times."
9 And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."