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By the Sea of Galilee a company had gathered to see and hear Jesus, an eager, expectant throng: "So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat." (Luke 5:1-3) - "And again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea. Then He taught them many things by parables" (Mark 4:1-2) - from: Christ's Object Lessons, by Ellen G. White, 1900.

"وإذ كان الجمع يزدحم عليه ليسمع كلمة الله، كان واقفا عند بحيرة جنيسارت. فرأى سفينتين واقفتين عند البحيرة، والصيادون قد خرجوا منهما وغسلوا الشباك. فدخل إحدى السفينتين التي كانت لسمعان، وسأله أن يبعد قليلا عن البر. ثم جلس وصار يعلم الجموع من السفينة." (لوقا 5: 1-3) - "وابتدأ أيضا يعلم عند البحر، فاجتمع إليه جمع كثير حتى إنه دخل السفينة وجلس على البحر، والجمع كله كان عند البحر على الأرض. فكان يعلمهم كثيرا بأمثال" (مرقس 4: 1-2) - من كتاب دروس المسيح الموضوعية، إلين ج. وايت، 1900 م.