When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Parallel translations
- KJV When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
- BSB When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
- NKJV When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.
- NASB When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.
- NLT Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Matt 8:18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
- Matt 4:25Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
- Matt 20:29As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
- Matt 19:2Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
- Mark 3:7Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
- Luke 5:15But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
- Matt 12:15Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,
- Matt 15:30Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
- Luke 14:25–27Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
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