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Mark 3:9
And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:
Mark 3:9 · American Standard Version
Mark 3:9 in other translations
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.
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In context
6 And the Pharisees went out, and straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
7 And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judæa,
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.
9 And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:
10 for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him.
11 And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 And he charged them much that they should not make him known.
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