Mark 3:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ He told His disciples to have a small boat waiting for Him [i.e., from which He could address the people. See 4:1], to prevent His being thronged by the large crowd.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And He told His disciples to have a little boat in [constant] readiness for Him because of the crowd, lest they press hard upon Him and crush Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:

Common English Bible

⁹ Jesus told his disciples to get a small boat ready for him so the crowd wouldn’t crush him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And he told his disciples that a small boat would be useful to him, because of the crowd, lest they press upon him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Mark 3:9 Cross References

Matthew 15:39

Jesus then sent the crowds away while He boarded a boat and crossed the lake to the region of Magadan [i.e., the west side of Lake Galilee].

Mark 4:1

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.

Mark 4:36

And leaving the crowd, the disciples took Him in their boat just the way He was [i.e., this probably means without His making provision for the trip]. They were accompanied by other boats also.

Mark 5:2

When Jesus left the boat, immediately a man with an evil spirit came from the graveyard to meet Him.

Mark 5:30

Just then Jesus perceived in Himself that [healing] power had gone out from Him so turned to the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothing?”

Mark 6:32

So, they [i.e., Jesus and His apostles] left by boat and went to a separate place [where they could be] alone.

Luke 5:1

Now it happened while Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Genneseret [i.e., Lake Galilee] that the crowd was pushing closer to Him to hear God’s message.

Luke 5:3

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.

John 6:15

So, [when] Jesus knew that the people were about to come and forcibly take Him and make Him [their] king, He left there again and went to the high plateau [to be] alone [i.e., to pray. See Mark 6:46].