Mark 1:18

So they immediately left their nets and followed him.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

In Context

17Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

19Going on a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother as they were in the boat mending their nets.

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Cross References

Mark 10:28Peter began to say to him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed yoʋ.”

Luke 14:33So then, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish 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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