Mark 2:2

Mark 2:2. The description of Mark is here minute, but is paraphrased in the common version.

Insomuch that not even the parts about (or ‘towards') the door (much less the house), could any longer hold them . This suggests a constantly increasing crowd, at length filling even the porch leading from the interior court to the door.

He was speaking the word, i.e., ‘was teaching' (Luke). He was doing this when this incident occurred. From Luke's account we infer that He had already healed others on this occasion.