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Mark 3:9
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
Mark 3:9 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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.
And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.
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In context
6 At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
8 Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
9 Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
10 For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
11 And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
12 But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
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