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Mark 4:1
Mark 4:1 is verse 1 of Mark chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
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Mark 4:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
2 And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Mark 2:13Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
Matthew 13:1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
Matthew 13:2Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
Matthew 13:3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Matthew 13:4And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
Matthew 13:5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
Matthew 13:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Matthew 13:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
Matthew 13:8Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
Matthew 13:9He who has ears, let him hear.”
Luke 8:4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
Luke 8:5“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
Luke 8:6Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
Luke 8:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
Luke 8:8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Luke 5:1On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
Luke 5:2He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
Luke 5:3Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.