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Mark 3:9
And he commanded his disciples, that a litle shippe should waite for him, because of the multitude, lest they shoulde throng him.
Mark 3:9 · Geneva 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 Pharises departed, and straightway gathered a councill with the Herodians against him, that they might destroy him.
7 But Iesus auoided with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude followed him from Galile, and from Iudea,
8 And from Ierusalem, and from Idumea, and beyonde Iordan: and they that dwelled about Tyrus and Sidon, when they had heard what great things he did, came vnto him in great number.
9 And he commanded his disciples, that a litle shippe should waite for him, because of the multitude, lest they shoulde throng him.
10 For hee had healed many, in so much that they preassed vpon him to touch him, as many as had plagues.
11 And when the vncleane spirits sawe him, they fel downe before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Sonne of God.
12 And he sharply rebuked them, to the ende they should not vtter him.
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