Mark 1:18

And straightaway they left the nets, and followed him.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

In Context

17And Jesus said to them, Come ye behind me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men.

19And having advanced a little from there he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

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Cross References

Mark 10:28Peter began to say to him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

Luke 14:33So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.

Philippians 3:8But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C

Matthew Henry on Mark 1:15-23

The Opening of Christ's Ministry. 14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsook their nets,… Read the whole commentary →

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