Matthew 13:2 - First Nations Version

² Once again, people began to gather around him. The number of people was so great that he sat down in a canoe and pushed out a little ways from the shore. The people gathered at the shoreline on the water’s edge and sat down to listen to him. The Great Storyteller began to tell his stories, teaching people about Creator’s good road.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² 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

² 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

² 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

² 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.

Matthew 13:2 Cross References

Matthew 15:30

Once again great crowds of people came, bringing to him the lame, the blind, the ones who could not walk or speak, and many more. They laid them down at the feet of Creator Sets Free (Jesus), and he healed them all.

Matthew 4:25

Large crowds from all directions began to seek after him—too many to number! They came from Circle of Nations (Galilee) and Ten Villages (Decapolis), and from Village of Peace (Jerusalem), and the Land of Promise (Judea), and from beyond the river Flowing Down (Jordan).

Mark 4:1

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) returned to the lakeshore and once again a very large crowd gathered around him. They pressed in so close that he got into a canoe and pushed out a little way from shore, while the people stayed at the shoreline.

Luke 5:3

He climbed into the canoe belonging to One Who Hears (Simon) and asked him to push out a little from the shore. He then sat in the canoe and taught the large gathering of people.