Luke 5:1
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The First Disciples
5 One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee,[a] great crowds pressed in on him to listen to the word of God.
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- 5:1 Greek Lake Gennesaret, another name for the Sea of Galilee.
Matthew 4:18-22
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The First Disciples
18 One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. 19 Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” 20 And they left their nets at once and followed him.
21 A little farther up the shore he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them to come, too. 22 They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.
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Mark 1:16-20
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The First Disciples
16 One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon[a] and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. 17 Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” 18 And they left their nets at once and followed him.
19 A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee’s sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets. 20 He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men.
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Matthew 14:34
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34 After they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret.
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Mark 3:9
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9 Jesus instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him.
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Numbers 34:11
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11 then down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there the boundary will run down along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee,[a]
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- 34:11 Hebrew Sea of Kinnereth.
Luke 12:1
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A Warning against Hypocrisy
12 Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy.
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Mark 6:53
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53 After they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret. They brought the boat to shore
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Mark 5:24
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24 Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him.
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Matthew 11:12
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12 And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing,[a] and violent people are attacking it.
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- 11:12 Or the Kingdom of Heaven has suffered from violence.
Joshua 12:3
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3 Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee to as far south as the Dead Sea,[a] including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.
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- 12:3 Hebrew from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah, which is the Salt Sea.
Deuteronomy 3:17
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17 They also received the Jordan Valley, all the way from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea,[a] with the Jordan River serving as the western boundary. To the east were the slopes of Pisgah.
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- 3:17 Hebrew from Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea.
Luke 8:45
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45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you.”
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