Luke 8:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ Joanna, the wife of ·Cuza [or Chuza] (the ·manager [^Tsteward] of Herod’s [^CHerod Antipas; see 3:1] house); Susanna; and many others. These women used their own ·money [resources] to ·help [support] ·Jesus and his apostles [^Lthem].

A Story About Planting Seed^(A)

⁴ When a great crowd was gathered, and people were coming to Jesus from every town, he told them this ·story [parable]:

⁵ “A ·farmer [sower] went out to ·plant [sow] his seed. While he was ·planting [sowing, scattering seed], some seed fell ·by the road [along the footpath]. People ·walked [trampled] on the seed, and the ·birds [^Lbirds of the sky] ate it up.