Mark 3:9

Jesus told his disciples to have a small boat ready in case the crowd crushed him,

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In The King James Version

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

In Context

8Jerusalem, Idumea, Transjordan, and from the regions of Tyre and Sidon. So many people came to see him because they'd heard about all he was doing.

10because he had healed so many that all the sick people kept on pressing towards him so they could touch him.

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Cross References

Mark 5:30Jesus, sensing at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my cloak?”

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:2-13

The Withered Hand Restored; Multitudes Healed. 1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being… Read the whole commentary →

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