Mark 4:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.”
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“Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Mark 4:1 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 13:1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
- Mark 2:13Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
- Mark 3:7So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
- Luke 5:1On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
- Luke 8:4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
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