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[a]When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to him, he spoke in a parable.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:4–21 The focus in this section is on how one should hear the word of God and act on it. It includes the parable of the sower and its explanation (Lk 8:4–15), a collection of sayings on how one should act on the word that is heard (Lk 8:16–18), and the identification of the mother and brothers of Jesus as the ones who hear the word and act on it (Lk 8:19–21). See also notes on Mt 13:1–53 and Mk 4:1–34.
  2. 8:4–8 See note on Mt 13:3–8.