Mar 4:1 | NET2full | STEP | Again he began to teach by the lake . Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake .

‏ Mark 4:1

The Parable of the Sower

1 Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat ^{▼▼sn See the note at Mark 1:19 for a description of the first-century fishing boat discovered in 1986 near Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.} on the lake and sat there while ^{▼▼tn Grk “and all the crowd.” The clause in this phrase, although coordinate in terms of grammar, is logically subordinate to the previous clause.} the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.