Mark 1:18

And at once they forsook their nets, and went after him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

In Context

17And Jeshu said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of the sons of men.

19And when he had passed on a little, he saw Jakub bar Zabdai and Juchanon his brother; and they also were in a vessel, preparing their nets.

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Cross References

Mark 10:28THEN began Kipha to say, Behold, we have forsaken every thing, and have cleaved to thee.

Luke 14:33So every one of you who doth not leave all his possession, cannot be unto me a disciple.

Philippians 3:8and I also (still) reckon them all loss, for the grandeur of the knowledge of Jeshu Meshiha my Lord; for whose sake I have lost all things, and have reckoned as dung, that the Meshiha I may gain,

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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