Mark 4:1
Again he began to teach beside the sea, and a large crowd gathered around him. He stepped into a boat that was on the sea, and he sat down in it. The whole crowd was on the shore beside the sea.
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In Context
2He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching, this is what he said to them.
Cross References
Matthew 13:1On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
Mark 3:7Then Jesus, with his disciples, went to the sea, and a great crowd of people followed from Galilee and from Judea
Luke 8:4While a large crowd of people was gathering, and people were coming to him from town after town, he told a parable:
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:1
In this chapter, we have, I. The parable of the seed, and the four sorts of ground ( ver. 1-9 ), with the exposition of it ( ver. 10-20 ), and the application of it, ver. 21-25 . II. The parable of the seed growing gradually, but insensibly, ver. 26-29 . III. The parable of the grain of mustard-seed, and a general account of Christ's parables, ver. 30-34 . IV. The miracle of Christ's sudden stilling a storm at sea, ver. 35-41 . Read the whole commentary →