Mark 1:18

And immediately leaving their nets they followed Him.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

In Context

17Then Jesus said to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

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

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Cross References

Mark 10:28Then Peter began to say to Him, “See, we have left all things and have followed You.”

Luke 14:33So likewise, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be My disciple.

Philippians 3:8More than that I also consider all things to be loss, on account of the surpassing worth of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order 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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