Luke 5:1
The Call of the Disciples Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.
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- Num 34:11 : 11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Kinnereth.
- Josh 12:3 : 3 His kingdom included the eastern rift valley from the Sea of Kinnereth to the sea of the rift valley(the Salt Sea), including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Matt 4:18-22 : 18 The Call of the Disciples As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon(called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen). 19 He said to them,“Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people!” 20 They left their nets immediately and followed him. 21 Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Then he called them. 22 They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
- Matt 14:34 : 34 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
- Mark 1:16-20 : 16 As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen). 17 Jesus said to them,“Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people!” 18 They left their nets immediately and followed him. 19 Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets. 20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
- Mark 3:9 : 9 Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.
- Mark 5:24 : 24 Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.
- Mark 6:53 : 53 Healing the Sick After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.
- Luke 8:45 : 45 Then Jesus asked,“Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter said,“Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!”
- Luke 12:1 : 1 Fear God, Not People Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples,“Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Matt 11:12 : 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.
- Deut 3:17 : 17 The rift valley and the Jordan River were also a border, from the sea of Kinnereth to the sea of the rift valley(that is, the Salt Sea), beneath the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
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- Luke 5:2-43 verses83%
2 He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.
3 He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,“Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”
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1 The Parable of the Sower Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.
- Matt 13:1-22 verses80%
1 The Parable of the Sower On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.
2 And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.
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13 The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.
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17 The Sermon on the Plain Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,
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21 Restoration and Healing When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.
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1 The Beatitudes When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.
- Matt 15:29-302 verses76%
29 Healing Many Others When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.
30 Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.
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22 Stilling of a Storm One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,
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16 As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen).
- Mark 6:53-542 verses76%
53 Healing the Sick After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.
54 As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus.
- Mark 3:7-93 verses75%
7 Crowds by the Sea Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,
8 Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.
9 Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.
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17 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby(who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
- John 6:1-33 verses74%
1 The Feeding of the Five Thousand After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee(also called the Sea of Tiberias).
2 A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.
3 So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.
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34 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
- Mark 2:1-22 verses73%
1 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home.
2 So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.
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1 Healing the Centurion’s Slave After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.
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31 Ministry in Capernaum So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.
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18 The Call of the Disciples As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon(called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen).
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15 But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.
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21 Jesus’ Authority Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
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13 While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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11 But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.
- Matt 19:1-22 verses72%
1 Questions About Divorce Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River.
2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
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35 Stilling of a Storm On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.”
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9 For Peter and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,
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1 Healing of a Demoniac So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.
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19 Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets.
- Mark 6:47-482 verses71%
47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.
48 He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.
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1 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.
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35 After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,
- Luke 5:6-72 verses71%
6 When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.
7 So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were about to sink.
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4 The Parable of the Sower While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:
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6 He told them,“Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they threw the net, and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.
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1 Cleansing a Leper After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.
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42 The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.
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22 The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.