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."
— Mark 3:9, World English Bible
“And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.”
“And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him: ”
“Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him.”
“And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.”
“And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;”
“And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.”
The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
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.
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.
For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"
He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.