Mark 1:20

They therefore left their father Zabdi in the boat with the hired men, and went and followed Him.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

19Going on a little further He saw James the son of Zabdi and his brother John: they also were in the boat mending the nets, and He immediately called them.

21So they came to Capernaum, and on the next Sabbath He went to the synagogue and began to teach.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:21Another of the disciples said to Him, "Sir, allow me first to go and bury my father."

Mark 10:29"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,

2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore for the future we know no one simply as a man. Even if we have known Christ as a man, yet now we 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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