Mark 1:20

And straightaway he called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the workmen, they went behind him.

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In The King James Version

And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

In Context

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.

21And they entered into Capernaum, and straightaway on the Sabbath day, having entered into the synagogue, he taught.

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Cross References

1 Kings 19:20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again, for what have I done to thee?

Matthew 8:21And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

Mark 10:29And having answered, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of me, and because of the good-news,

2 Corinthians 5:16So that henceforth we know no man according to flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him no longer.

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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