"And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him." — Mark 1:18

Mark 1:18 · KJV

“And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.”

— Mark 1:18

And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the {son} of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

Mark 1 — Context

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.

And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the {son} of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

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

Cross References

Luke 18:28-30

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

Mark 10:28-31

Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

Luke 5:11

And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

Matthew 19:27-30

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

Luke 14:33

So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Philippians 3:8

Yea doubtless, and I count all things {but} loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them {but} dung, that I may win Christ,