Ministering to the Multitude

Jesus(A) departed with His disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee,(B) Judea,(C) Jerusalem,(D) Idumea, beyond the Jordan,(E) and around Tyre(F) and Sidon.(G) The large crowd came to Him because they heard about everything He was doing. Then He told His disciples to have a small boat(H) ready for Him, so the crowd would not crush Him.

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But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

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