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MARK 2:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.”
Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them — the brief summary verse serves as a transition between the paralytic healing and the call of Levi. The lakeside setting is the familiar Galilean terrain of Mark's early chapters. The large crowd coming to Jesus for teaching communicates the growing momentum of the Galilean ministry. The summary also communicates Jesus' ongoing commitment to proclamation even in the midst of the healing ministry — the teaching and the healing are always together in Mark, neither subordinate to the other.

Church Fathers on Mark 2:13

After that the Lord taught at Capernaum, He went to the sea, that He might not only set in order the life of men in towns, but also might preach the Gospel of the kingdom to those who dwelt near the sea, and might teach them to despise the restless motions of those things which pass away like the waves of the sea, and to overcome them by the firmness of faith.

Bede · 8th century

Or else, after the miracle, He goes to the sea, as if wishing to be alone, but the crowd runs to Him again, that thou mightest learn, that the more thou fliest from glory, the more she herself pursues thee; but if thou followest her, she will fly from thee. The Lord passing on from thence called Matthew.

Theophylact · 11th century

Thus then Levi, which means Appointed, followed from the custom-house of human affairs, the Word, Who says, 'He who doth not quit all that he has, cannot be My disciple.'

Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century
Read all 11 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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