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The Parable of the Sower

13 On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.[a] And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat[b] to sit while[c] the whole crowd stood on the shore.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:1 sn Here lake refers to the Sea of Galilee.
  2. Matthew 13:2 sn See the note at Matt 4:21 for a description of the first-century fishing boat discovered in 1986 near Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.
  3. Matthew 13:2 tn Grk “and all the crowd.” The clause in this phrase, although coordinate in terms of grammar, is logically subordinate to the previous clause.