Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
Parallel translations
- WEB He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
- KJV And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
- NKJV Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them.
- NASB And He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
- NLT Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him.
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Quick answer
Jesus goes again to the seaside, and the crowd comes as He teaches them. His ministry of the word continues amid the people.
Overview
Mark again emphasizes Jesus teaching the crowds, his central activity. The seaside setting links to His earlier calling of disciples there. This transition leads directly into the calling of Levi, another unlikely follower.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Mark 4:1Once 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.
- Prov 1:20–22Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
- Mark 1:45But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
- Matt 9:9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
- Mark 3:20–21Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
- Matt 13:1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
- Luke 19:48Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
- Luke 21:38And early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple.
- Mark 2:2they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
- Mark 3:7–8So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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