Mark 4:1

And again he began to teach by the side of the sea. And great multitudes were assembled about him; so that he embarked and sat in a ship on the sea, and all the multitude stood on the land by the side of the sea.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

In Context

2And he taught them much by similitudes. And in his teaching, he said:

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Cross References

Matthew 13:1And on that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the side of the sea.

Mark 3:7And Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea. And many people joined him from Galilee, and from Judaea,

Luke 8:4And when a great multitude was assembled, and people came to him from all the cities, he said, in similitudes:

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 →

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