Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.
One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,
Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.”
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.”
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea.
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”
When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
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