Mark 1:18

and straightway leaving their trawl-nets they followed him.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

In Context

17And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men;

19And going on thence a little, he saw James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, and these [were] in the ship repairing the trawl-nets;

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Cross References

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

Luke 14:33Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.

Philippians 3:8But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;

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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