Mark 4:1

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A Story about a Farmer

(Matthew 13.1-9; Luke 8.4-8)

4 ^(A) The next time Jesus taught beside Lake Galilee, a big crowd gathered. It was so large that he had to sit in a boat out on the lake, while the people stood on the shore.

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Luke 5:1-3

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Jesus Chooses His First Disciples

(Matthew 4.18-22; Mark 1.16-20)

5 ^(A) Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret,^[a] teaching the people as they crowded around him to hear God's message. ²Near the shore he saw two boats left there by some fishermen who had gone to wash their nets. ³Jesus got into the boat that belonged to Simon and asked him to row it out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down^[b] in the boat to teach the crowd.

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Footnotes

5.1 Lake Gennesaret: Another name for Lake Galilee.
5.3 sat down: Teachers in the ancient world, including Jewish teachers, usually sat down when they taught.