Mark 1:18

At once they left their nets and followed him.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

In Context

17so Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

19As he went a little farther on he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and Johnhis brother, who also were in their boat mending the nets.

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Cross References

Mark 10:28"But we," Peter began to say, "we have left our all and have followed you."

Luke 14:33"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Philippians 3:8In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse 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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