“Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,”
Mark 3:7 (WEB)
Context Reading
5When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man,“Stretch out your hand.”He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other. 6The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. 7Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea, 8from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. 9He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.