Mark 1:20

and immediately he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they went 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 going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets;

21And they enter Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath he was teaching in the synagogue.

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Cross References

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

Mark 10:29Jesus said, Truly do I say to you, There is no one who hath left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings,

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

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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