Mark 4:1
Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
2 And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
- ASV
- And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.
- DARBY
- And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.
- BLB
- And again He began to teach beside the sea, and a very great crowd gathered together to Him, so that He, having entered into a boat, sat down in the sea, and all the crowd was close to the sea, on the land.
- ÅB
- Og han begynte igjen å lære ved sjøen, og meget folk samlet seg om ham, så han gikk ut i en båt og satt i den ute på sjøen, og alt folket var på land ved sjøen.
- OTB
- Igjen begynte Jesus å undervise ved sjøen. En veldig stor folkemengde samlet seg rundt Ham, så Han gikk ombord i en båt på sjøen og satte seg, mens hele folkemengden var på stranden ved vannkanten.
- B1930
- Og han begynte atter å lære ved sjøen, og meget folk samlet sig om ham, så han gikk ut i en båt og satt i den ute på sjøen, og alt folket var på land ved sjøen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 2:13
Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
Read in contextLuke 5:1–3
On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
Read in contextLuke 8:4–10
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
Read in contextMatthew 13:1–15
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
Read in contextMark 3:7
So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
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