Matthew 13:2

So many people gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down there to teach, while all the crowds stood on the beach.

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In The King James Version

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

In Context

1Later that day Jesus left the house, and sat down to teach beside the sea.

3He explained many things to them, using stories as illustrations. “The sower went out to sow,” he began.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:25Large crowds followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and the region beyond Jordan.

Mark 4:1Jesus began teaching beside the Sea again. So many people came to listen to him that he climbed into a boat and sat in it on the water while the crowd listened from the shore.

Luke 8:4Once when a large crowd of people gathered, coming from many towns to see him, Jesus spoke to them, using a story as an illustration.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24

The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →

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