"The time has fully come," He said, "and the Kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe this Good News.

So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, for fear the crowd should crush him.

And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.

A different class are those people sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a close vessel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

There was a large drove of pigs close by, feeding on the hill- side.

because they had not understood [the miracle of] the loaves [how it revealed the power and deity of Jesus]; but [in fact] their heart was hardened [being oblivious and indifferent to His amazing works].

and the two of them will [then] become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to constitute one body], so that [upon becoming husband and wife] they no longer function as two persons but as one body.

And when they [all] approached Jerusalem, and came close to Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives [Note: These small villages were about two miles east of Jerusalem], He sent two of His disciples on ahead,

"Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign when all this is drawing to its close."

Rouse yourselves, let us be going: my betrayer is close at hand."