KJV King James Version
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 4:1
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
WEB World English Bible
Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
ASV American Standard Version
And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,
Surrounding context — Mark 4
1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandπάλινG3825 · palinagainἤρξατοG757 · archōbe firstδιδάσκεινG1321 · didaskōto teachπαρὰG3844 · parafrom/with/besideτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθάλασσαν.G2281 · thalassaseaκαὶG2532 · kaiandσυνάγεταιG4863 · sunagōto assembleπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heὄχλοςG3793 · ochloscrowdπλεῖστοςG4118 · pleistosmostὥστεG5620 · hōstesoαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardπλοῖονG4143 · ploionboatἐμβάνταG1684 · embainōto climbκαθῆσθαιG2521 · kathēmaito sitἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoθαλάσσῃ,G2281 · thalassaseaκαὶG2532 · kaiandπᾶςG3956 · pasallὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoὄχλοςG3793 · ochloscrowdπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθάλασσανG2281 · thalassaseaἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγῆςG1093 · gēearth: planetἦσαν.G1510 · eimito be
Cross-references
Luke 5:1-3And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,Mark 2:13And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.Luke 8:4-10And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:Matthew 13:1-15The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.Mark 3:7But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
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