Mr 4:1-34. PARABLE OF THE SOWER--REASON FOR TEACHING IN PARABLES--PARABLES OF THE SEED GROWING WE KNOW NOT HOW, AND OF THE MUSTARD SEED. ( = Mt 13:1-23, 31, 32; Lu 8:4-18).
1. And he began again to teach by the seaside: and there was gathered
unto him a great multitude--or, according to another well-supported
reading, "a mighty" or "immense multitude."
so that he entered into a ship--rather, "the ship," meaning the one
mentioned in
Mr 3:9.
(See on
Mt 12:15).
and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the
land--crowded on the seashore to listen to Him. (See on
Mt 13:1, 2.)
JFB.
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