KJV King James Version
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 1:21
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
WEB World English Bible
They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
ASV American Standard Version
And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,
Surrounding context — Mark 1
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,
24 Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
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Mark 6:2And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing [him] were astonished, saying, From whence hath this [man] these things? and what wisdom [is] this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?Mark 1:39And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.Acts 13:14-52But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.Acts 17:2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,Matthew 4:13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:Acts 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.Luke 4:31-37And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.Luke 10:15And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.Mark 2:1And again he entered into Capernaum, after [some] days; and it was noised that he was in the house.Luke 13:10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.Mark 10:1And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
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