8:4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus 1 from one town after another, 2 he spoke to them 3 in a parable:
1 tn Grk “to him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn This phrase renders a distributive use of κατά (kata) with πόλις (polis), literally “according to [each] town.”
3 tn The words “to them” do not appear in the Greek text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.