Mark 3:9

He asked his disciples to have a small boat ready because the crowd might press too close to him.

Mark 5:30

Suddenly Jesus recognized that power issued from him. He turned to the crowd and asked: Who touched my garments?

John 6:15

Jesus knew that they were about to take him by force and make him king. So he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

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Summary

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

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Mark 5:30
Suddenly Jesus recognized that power issued from him. He turned to the crowd and asked: Who touched my garments?
John 6:15
Jesus knew that they were about to take him by force and make him king. So he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

General references

Matthew 14:35
When the men of that place heard the news about Jesus they told everyone in the country. The sick were taken to him.
Mark 6:55
They were wherever he was in the whole region. They carried the sick on their beds to him.