² And large crowds gathered to Him, so ^(A)He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

^9 (A)And He told His disciples to see that a boat would be ready for Him because of the ^[a]masses, so that they would not crowd Him;

¹⁰ for He had ^(A)healed many, with the result that all those who had ^(B)diseases pushed in around Him in order to ^(C)touch Him.

Parable of the Sower and Soils

4 Again ^(A)He began to teach ^(B)by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that ^(C)He got into a boat on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.