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 \v 8 and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. When they heard about the things he was doing, a great crowd came to him. 
 
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-\v 9 He asked his disciples to have a small boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him.
+\v 9 He told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press against him.
 \v 10 For he healed many, so that everyone who had afflictions eagerly approached him in order to touch him.
 
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