Mark 3:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Mark 5:30 : 30 Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said,“Who touched my clothes?”
  • John 6:15 : 15 Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

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  • 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.

  • Mark 4:35-37
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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.”

    36 So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him.

    37 Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

  • 10 For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

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    22 Walking on Water Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

    23 And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

    24 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

  • Mark 3:7-8
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    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.

  • Luke 5:1-3
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    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.

    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.

  • 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,

  • 45 Walking on Water Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.

  • 18 Challenging Professed Followers Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

  • 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,

  • 23 Stilling of a Storm As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

  • 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.

  • 24 Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

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    13 The Feeding of the Five Thousand Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

    14 As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

  • 39 After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

  • 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.

  • 1 The Feeding of the Four Thousand In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 10 Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

  • 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.

  • John 6:2-3
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    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.

  • Mark 6:31-33
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    31 He said to them,“Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while”(for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

    32 So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.

    33 But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.

  • 31 His disciples said to him,“You see the crowd pressing against you and you say,‘Who touched me?’”

  • Mark 6:47-48
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    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.

  • John 6:16-17
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    16 Walking on Water Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

    17 got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum.(It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

  • 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

  • 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

  • 25 Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,

  • 14 The Disciples’ Failure to Heal When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

  • 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.

  • 33 The disciples said to him,“Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

  • 25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.

  • 1 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.

  • 24 So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

  • 1 Cleansing a Leper After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

  • 37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.