Mark 4:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

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  • Mark 2:13 : 13 And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.
  • Luke 5:1-3 : 1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret; 2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.
  • Luke 8:4-9 : 4 And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story: 5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven. 6 And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water. 7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth. 8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear. 9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story. 10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
  • Mark 3:7 : 7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,
  • Matt 13:1-9 : 1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside. 2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea. 3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth; 4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food: 5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep: 6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead. 7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth: 8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much. 9 He who has ears, let him give ear. 10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories? 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them. 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 13:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.

    2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

  • Mark 4:2
    86%

    2 And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

  • Mark 2:13
    86%

    13 And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

  • Luke 5:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

    1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

    2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

    3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

    4 And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

  • Luke 8:22
    79%

    22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

  • Mark 5:21
    79%

    21 And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

  • Matt 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

    2 And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

  • Mark 4:35-37
    3 verses
    77%

    35 And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

    36 And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

    37 And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

  • Mark 3:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

    8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

    9 And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;

  • Mark 10:1
    77%

    1 And he got up, and went into the country of Judaea on the other side of Jordan: and great numbers of people came together to him again; and, as was his way, he gave them teaching.

  • Matt 15:29
    77%

    29 And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.

  • Luke 4:31
    76%

    31 And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and he was giving them teaching on the Sabbath.

  • Mark 1:21
    76%

    21 And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching.

  • Matt 14:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

    25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

  • John 8:2
    76%

    2 And early in the morning he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he was seated teaching them.

  • Luke 6:17
    76%

    17 And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

  • Mark 6:47-48
    2 verses
    75%

    47 And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

    48 And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

  • Matt 8:18
    74%

    18 Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

  • Luke 8:4
    74%

    4 And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

  • Mark 6:34
    74%

    34 And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

  • John 6:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16 When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

    17 And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.

    18 The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

  • John 6:3
    74%

    3 Then Jesus went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples.

  • Mark 2:1
    74%

    1 And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.

  • Matt 8:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

    24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

  • Mark 4:39
    74%

    39 And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

  • Matt 19:2
    74%

    2 And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.

  • Mark 8:13
    74%

    13 And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

  • Matt 14:22
    73%

    22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.

  • John 6:1
    73%

    1 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.

  • Luke 7:1
    73%

    1 After he had come to the end of all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum.

  • Mark 8:10
    73%

    10 And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.

  • Matt 15:39
    73%

    39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.

  • John 6:22
    73%

    22 The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

  • Matt 8:1
    73%

    1 And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.

  • Matt 9:1
    73%

    1 And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.

  • Mark 1:16
    73%

    16 And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.