Mark 3:9

The Passion Translation

The crowd pressed so closely to Jesus that he instructed his disciples to bring him a small boat to get into and keep from being crushed by the crowd.

Cross References

Matthew 15:39

After dismissing the crowd, Jesus got into the boat and crossed over to the region of Magdala.

Mark 4:1

Once again Jesus went to teach the people at the shore of Lake Galilee and a massive crowd surrounded him. The crowd was so huge that he had to get into a boat and teach the people from there.

Mark 4:36

Leaving the crowd behind, the disciples got into the boat in which Jesus was already sitting, and they took him with them. Other boats sailed with them.

Mark 5:2

As Jesus stepped ashore, a demon-possessed madman came out of the graveyard and confronted him.

Mark 5:30

Jesus knew at once that someone had touched him, for he felt the power that always surged around him had passed through him for someone to be healed. He turned and spoke to the crowd, saying, “Who touched my clothes?”

Mark 6:32

They slipped away and left by sailboat for a deserted spot.

Luke 5:1

On one occasion, Jesus was preaching to a crowd on the shore of Lake Galilee. A vast multitude of people was pushing to get close to Jesus to hear the word of God.

Luke 5:3

Jesus climbed into the boat belonging to Simon Peter and said to him, “Let me use your boat. Push it off a short distance away from the shore so I can speak to the crowd.”

John 6:15

So Jesus, knowing that they were about to take him and make him their king by force, quickly left and went up the mountainside alone.