Mark 1:20

and immediately He called them, and having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after 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 gone on there a little, He saw James of Zebedee, and his brother John, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,

21And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the Sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, He was teaching,

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Cross References

1 Kings 19:20and he forsakes the ox, and runs after Elijah, and says, “Please let me give a kiss to my father and to my mother, and I go after you.” And he says to him, “Go, turn back, for what have I done to you?”

Matthew 8:21And another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, permit me first to depart and to bury my father”;

Mark 10:29And Jesus answering said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for My sake, and for the good news’,

2 Corinthians 5:16So that we, from now on, have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him [thus] 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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