9Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.


In Context

6 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.

8 When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.

9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.

10 For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.

11 Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

Mark 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9And he spoke to his disciples, that a small boat should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.