Mark 3:9
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
In context
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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he spoke to his disciples, that a small boat should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.