Matthew 13:2
and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore;
3Then he told them many truths in parables. "Behold," he said, "the sower went forth to sow;
Cross References
Matthew 4:25Great crowds followed him from Galilee, from the ten towns, from Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond Jordan.
Mark 4:1Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water’s edge.
Luke 8:4As a great crowd was gathering, and men of town after town kept restoring to him, he spoke a parable to them.
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 →