Mark 2:2 - Plain English Version

² so they all went to see him. Soon the house was too full and there was a big mob outside too.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And so many people gathered together there that there was no longer room [for them], not even around the door; and He was discussing the Word.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he spake the word unto them.

Common English Bible

² So many gathered that there was no longer space, not even near the door. Jesus was speaking the word to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And it was heard that he was in the house. And so many gathered that there was no room left, not even at the door. And he spoke the word to them.

Mark 2:2 Cross References

Psalm 40:9

Whenever your people come together to respect you, I tell them, “God helps his people.” I always talk like that, I don’t keep my mouth shut. You know that’s true, God.

Matthew 5:2

Then he started to teach them.

Mark 1:14

One day, that country’s government boss was angry with John the Baptiser, so he sent some soldiers to grab John and put him in jail. After that, Jesus went back to Galilee country, and he told everyone God’s good news.

Mark 1:33

A big mob of people were there outside that house.

Mark 1:37

After they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”

Mark 1:45

But the man didn’t do what Jesus said. He went away and told everyone, “Jesus made me better.” After people heard the man’s story they went to Jesus from everywhere. Lots of people went to him and stood around him. So he couldn’t go into the towns any more, because there were too many people. So he had to stay out in the bush. But people still came from everywhere and found him, even in the bush.

Mark 2:1

Some time later, Jesus went back to the town called Capernium. The people heard that Jesus was at a house there,

Mark 2:13

After that, Jesus left the house and walked along next to the lake. The people from the town kept coming to him, so he kept on teaching them.

Mark 6:34

Then Jesus and his special workers got to that place, and they got out of the boat. Jesus looked at the mob of people waiting for him, and he felt sad for them. They didn’t have anyone looking after them. They were like a mob of sheep that had nobody to take care of them. So Jesus started to teach them lots of things.

Luke 8:1

After that, Jesus went around to a lot of different towns. In each town he told the people God’s good news. He said, “God wants to have you in his family.” He took his 12 special workers with him.

Acts 11:19

At the time when some men killed Stephen, those men wanted to kill the rest of the Christians too. So a lot of Christians ran away from Jerusalem, and they went a long way, even to other countries. They told people in those places the message about Jesus, but they only told it to their own countrymen, the Jews. Some of those Christians went to Fonisha country, and some of them went to the island called Cyprus, and some of them went to the city called Antioch.

Acts 14:25

In a town called Perga, they talked to the people about Jesus. Then they went to the town called Attalia, near the sea.

Acts 16:6

Paul and his friends wanted to tell the message about Jesus to the people in the country called Asia, but the Holy Spirit told them, “No, don’t go there.” So they went through the countries called Frigia and Galatia.

Acts 8:25

After that, Peter and John talked to the people there, and they told them more of the message about Jesus. Then they left that town to go back to Jerusalem. They went through a lot of little towns along that road in Samaria country, and they told the good news about Jesus to the people in those towns.

Romans 10:8

This is what God says in his book, “You already have God’s message. You know that message, so you can think about it, and you can talk about it.” That message is the same message that we tell everybody. We say, “You have to trust Jesus.”

2 Timothy 4:2

You’ve got to tell people God’s word. You have to be ready to tell it at any time, no matter if it seems to be the right time or not. Teach it carefully to people, and be ready to wait for them to understand it. If they are going wrong, show them the right way to live, and help them to live that way. If they are going the right way, say good words to them to help them to keep going strong.