Crowds Follow Jesus

Jesus went out to the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed him. They came from all over Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, from east of the Jordan River, and even from as far north as Tyre and Sidon. The news about his miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of people came to see him.

Jesus instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him. 10 He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him. 11 And whenever those possessed by evil[a] spirits caught sight of him, the spirits would throw them to the ground in front of him shrieking, “You are the Son of God!” 12 But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:11 Greek unclean; also in 3:30.

Jesus Heals Crowds by the Sea

And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea,[a] and a great crowd from Galilee followed him.[b] And from Judea and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him because they[c] heard all that he was doing. And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him. 10 For he had healed many, so that all those who were suffering from diseases[d] pressed about him in order that they could touch him. 11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, were falling down before him and crying out, saying, “You are the Son of God!” 12 And he warned them strictly that they should not make him known.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:7 That is, the Sea of Galilee
  2. Mark 3:7 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Mark 3:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as causal
  4. Mark 3:10 Literally “had suffering”