“And when they had sent away the crowd, they took Him with them as He was in the boat. And there were also other little boats with Him.” (Mark 4:36) Jesus had finished speaking to the crowd and had shared the parable of the Sower and the parable of the mustard seed when He sent the crowd away. He had already told the disciples that they would go to the other side of the sea. (Mark 4:35) He had been teaching from the boat. It’s a fact that water is a good conductor of sound.