And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.
- BSB And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
- NKJV They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
- NASB Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
- NLT And they left their nets at once and followed him.
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Quick answer
At once they leave their nets and follow Jesus. Their immediate response models wholehearted obedience to His call.
Overview
Mark's characteristic 'immediately' stresses the decisiveness of their response. Leaving their nets pictures the costly, prompt surrender that following Christ requires. Their faith was shown not in words but in action, abandoning livelihood for the call of the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Luke 5:11And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
- Luke 18:28–30Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
- Mark 10:28–31Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
- Luke 14:33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
- Matt 19:27–30Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
- Phil 3:8Yea 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,
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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