Matthew 13:2
And great multitudes assembled around him; so that he embarked and seated himself in a ship, and all the multitude stood on the shore of the sea.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
1And on that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the side of the sea.
3An he discoursed with them much, by similitudes. And he said, Behold, a sower went forth to sow.
Cross References
Matthew 4:25And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee, and from the Ten Cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond the Jordan.
Mark 4:1And 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.
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 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 →