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Mark 3:9
And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,
Mark 3:9 · Young's Literal Translation
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 having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against him how they might destroy him.
7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon--a great multitude--having heard how great things he was doing, came unto him.
9 And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,
10 for he did heal many, so that they threw themselves on him, in order to touch him--as many as had plagues;
11 and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying--`Thou art the Son of God;'
12 and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.
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