Mark 1:18

At once they left their nets and followed Him.

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

In Context

17So Jesus said to them: “Come, follow me and I will turn you into fishers of men.”

19And going on from there a little ways He saw James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they were in their boat mending their nets.

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Cross References

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

Luke 14:33“So likewise, any of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.

Philippians 3:8Yes indeed, in fact I actually consider everything to be a loss for the sake of the excelling thing, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord —for His sake I have already lost everything (and consider it as trash), so 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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