2 And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.
And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.
But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of faith of which we are the preachers:
And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;
Then those who had gone away at the time of the trouble about Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus, preaching to the Jews only.
At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.
And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,
And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside. And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.
Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,
And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.
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Chapter 2
In this chapter, we have,
All which passages we had before, Matthew 9 and 12.
Mar 2:1-12
Christ, having been for some time preaching about in the country, here returns to Capernaum his head-quarters, and makes his appearance there, in hopes that by this time the talk and crowd would be somewhat abated. Now observe,
Mar 2:13-17
Here is,
Mar 2:18-28
Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out.
Two things Christ pleads in excuse of his disciples not fasting.
Observe,