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Mark 3:9
And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.
Mark 3:9 · Darby 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.
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 going out straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan; and they of around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what things he did, came to him.
9 And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.
10 For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues.
11 And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.
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