Mark 1:18

18 And they left their nets at once 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 One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.

17 Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”

18 And they left their nets at once and followed him.

19 A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee’s sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets.

20 He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men.