and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him because they[a] heard all that he was doing. And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him. 10 For he had healed many, so that all those who were suffering from diseases[b] pressed about him in order that they could touch him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as causal
  2. Mark 3:10 Literally “had suffering”