Large crowds came to Him, bringing crippled, blind, deaf-mute, disabled and many other [sick] people and laid them down at His feet. And He healed [all of] them,
Matthew 13:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Great crowds gathered around Him so that He went and sat down in a boat [just off shore], while the crowd stood on the beach. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But such great crowds gathered about Him that He got into a boat and remained sitting there, while all the throng stood on the shore. American Standard Version (1901) And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. Common English Bible Such large crowds gathered around him that he climbed into a boat and sat down. The whole crowd was standing on the shore. Catholic Public Domain Version And such great crowds were gathered to him that he climbed into a boat and he sat down. And the entire multitude stood on the shore. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore. |
Large crowds came to Him, bringing crippled, blind, deaf-mute, disabled and many other [sick] people and laid them down at His feet. And He healed [all of] them,
Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond [i.e., the east side of] the Jordan River.
Jesus again began teaching along the shore of the lake [of Galilee]. A huge crowd gathered around Him so that He had to sit in a boat out in the lake [to speak to them], while the entire crowd stood on the shore.
So, He entered one of the boats that belonged to Simon [i.e., Peter], and asked him to launch out a short distance from shore. Then He sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.