Mark 3:7-9 ▼

7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a large multitude from Galilee followed, and also from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard about everything that He was doing and came to Him.

9 And He told His disciples to see that a boat would be ready for Him because of the masses, so that they would not crowd Him;