Mark 1:18

And immediately they left their nets, and went after him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

In Context

17And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

19And as he passed on a little, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in a ship, and mending their nets.

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Cross References

Mark 10:28And Cephas began to say: Lo, we have left every thing, and have cleaved to thee.

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

Philippians 3:8And now also I account them all a detriment, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus the Messiah my Lord; for the sake of whom, I have parted with all things, and have accounted them as dung, that I might gain the Messiah,

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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