Mark 1:18

18 They immediately left their nets and followed him.

Mark 1:18 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:18

And straightway they forsook their nets
Which perhaps were their all; see ( Matthew 19:27 ) .

And followed him;
both in a corporeal and spiritual sense; (See Gill on Matthew 4:20).

Mark 1:18 In-Context

16 As he was going along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the sea because they were fishermen.

17 Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me! I will teach you how to catch people instead of fish."

18 They immediately left their nets and followed him.

19 As Jesus went on a little farther, he saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat preparing their nets [to go fishing].

20 He immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee and the hired men in the boat and followed Jesus.