Jesus Heals Crowds by the Sea

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea,[a] and a great crowd from Galilee followed him.[b] And from Judea 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[c] 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:7 That is, the Sea of Galilee
  2. Mark 3:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Mark 3:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as causal

Crowds Follow Jesus(A)

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.(B) When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.(C) Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.

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