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.


In Context

6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,

8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

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

10 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.

11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, |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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding 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 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.