KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 1:20
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
WEB World English Bible
Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
ASV American Standard Version
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.
Surrounding context — Mark 1
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, and followed him.
19 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.
20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandεὐθὺςG2112 · eutheōsimmediatelyἐκάλεσενG2564 · kaleōto call: callαὐτούς.G846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀφέντεςG863 · aphiēmito release: leaveτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπατέραG3962 · patērfatherαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heΖεβεδαῖονG2199 · ZebedaiosZebedeeἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoπλοίῳG4143 · ploionboatμετὰG3326 · metawith/afterτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoμισθωτῶνG3411 · misthōtoshired workerἀπῆλθονG565 · aperchomaito go awayὀπίσωG3694 · opisōafterαὐτοῦ.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.Mark 10:29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,Luke 14:26If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.Matthew 4:21-22And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.1 Kings 19:20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?2 Corinthians 5:16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more.Matthew 8:21-22And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.Deuteronomy 33:9Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
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