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Luke 8:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Luke 8:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 Joanna, Susanna, and many others had also used what they owned to help Jesus[a] and his disciples. Joanna's husband Chuza was one of Herod's officials.[b]
A Story about a Farmer
(Matthew 13.1-9; Mark 4.1-9)
4 When a large crowd from several towns had gathered around Jesus, he told them this story:
5 A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field. While the farmer was doing this, some of the seeds fell along the road and were stepped on or eaten by birds.
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Luke 8:3-5
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Luke 8:3-5
New International Version
3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s(A) household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.
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