Matthew 8:18
Challenging Professed Followers Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.
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- Mark 4:35 : 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.”
- Luke 8:22 : 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,
- 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.
- Matt 14:22 : 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.
- Mark 1:35-38 : 35 Praying and Preaching Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer. 36 Simon and his companions searched for him. 37 When they found him, they said,“Everyone is looking for you.” 38 He replied,“Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”
- Mark 5:21 : 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.
- Mark 6:45 : 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.
- Mark 8:13 : 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.
- Luke 4:42-43 : 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. 43 But Jesus said to them,“I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do.”
- Matt 8:1 : 1 Cleansing a Leper After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.
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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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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.
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13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.
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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.
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37 Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.
38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
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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.
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34 Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
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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.
46 After saying goodbye to them, he went to the mountain to pray.
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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.
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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20 So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.
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 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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39 After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.
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2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
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23 Stilling of a Storm As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
- Mark 6:32-332 verses76%
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.
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25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.
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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.
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17 Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
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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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15 God’s Special Servant Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.
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19 Then an expert in the law came to him and said,“Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
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2 A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.
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38 He replied,“Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”
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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.
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29 Two Blind Men Healed As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed them.
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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,
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8 When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.
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28 Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.
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25 Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,
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16 When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.
17 In this way what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled:“He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”
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1 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.
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9 There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.
10 Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
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26 Healing of a Demoniac So they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
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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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34 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
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31 And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.