Mark 3:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Jesus saw how many people there were, so he told his followers to get a small boat and make it ready for him. He wanted the boat so that the crowds of people could not push against him.

Cross References

John 6:15

Jesus knew that the people planned to come get him and make him their king. So he left and went into the hills alone.

Mark 5:30

Jesus immediately felt power go out from him, so he stopped and turned around. “Who touched my clothes?” he asked.

Matthew 15:39

After they all ate, Jesus told the people they could go home. He got into the boat and went to the area of Magadan.

Mark 4:1

Another time Jesus began teaching by the lake, and a large crowd gathered around him. He got into a boat so that he could sit and teach from the lake. All the people stayed on the shore near the water.

Mark 4:36

So they left the crowd behind and went with Jesus in the boat he was already in. There were also other boats that went with them.

Mark 5:2

When Jesus got out of the boat, a man came to him from the caves where the dead are buried. This man had an evil spirit living inside him.

Mark 6:32

So Jesus and his followers went away alone. They went in a boat to a place where no one lived.

Luke 5:1

As Jesus stood beside Lake Galilee, a crowd of people pushed to get closer to him and to hear the teachings of God.

Luke 5:3

Jesus got into the boat that belonged to Simon. He asked Simon to push off a little from the shore. Then he sat down in the boat and taught the people on the shore.