² And ^[a]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 that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him; ¹⁰ for He had ^(B)healed many, with the result that all those who had ^(C)afflictions pressed around Him in order to ^(D)touch Him.

Parable of the Sower and Soils

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