Mark 1:20

Straightway he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him.

Montgomery New Testament

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

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.

21So they came to Capernaum, and as soon as the Sabbath Day came he went into the synagogue and began to teach.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:21Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father,"

Mark 10:29"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake and the gospel’s,

2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore henceforth I know no one simply as a man - even if I have known Christ as a man, yet now I do so 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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