6. And the Pharisees going out, immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7. But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and Judea,
8. And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him.
9. And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.