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Matthew 13:1
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Matthew 13:1
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A Story about a Farmer
(Mark 4.1-9; Luke 8.4-8)
13 That same day Jesus left the house and went out beside Lake Galilee, where he sat down to teach.[a]
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- 13.1 sat down to teach: See the note at 5.1.
Matthew 13:1
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Matthew 13:1
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The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)(C)
13 That same day Jesus went out of the house(D) and sat by the lake.
Matthew 13:1
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Matthew 13:1
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13 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
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Matthew 13:2
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Matthew 13:2
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2 (A) Such large crowds gathered around him that he had to sit in a boat, while the people stood on the shore.
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Matthew 13:2
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Matthew 13:2
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2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat(A) and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.
Matthew 13:2
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Matthew 13:2
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2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
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Mark 3:9
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Mark 3:9
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9 (A) He even had to tell his disciples to get a boat ready to keep him from being crushed by the crowds.
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Mark 3:9
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Mark 3:9
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9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
Mark 3:9
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Mark 3:9
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9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
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Mark 3:10
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Mark 3:10
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10 After Jesus had healed many people, the other sick people begged him to let them touch him.
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Mark 3:10
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Mark 3:10
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Mark 3:10
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Mark 3:10
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10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
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Mark 4:1
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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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Mark 4:1
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Mark 4:1
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The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)
4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.(C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.
Mark 4:1
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Mark 4:1
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4 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
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