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Mark 1:19

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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.

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.

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BSB
Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.
KJV
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.
WEB
Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
ASV
And going on a little further, he saw James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets.
DARBY
And going on thence a little, he saw James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, and these [were] in the ship repairing the trawl-nets;
BLB
And having gone on a little, He saw James of Zebedee and his brother John. And they [were] in the boat, mending the nets.
ÅB
Og da han var gått litt lenger fram, så han Jakob, Sebedeus' sønn, og hans bror Johannes i ferd med å bøte sine garn i båten,
OTB
Da han hadde gått litt lenger, så han Jakob, sønn av Sebedeus, og hans bror Johannes i en båt mens de bøtte garnene sine.
B1930
Og da han var gått litt lenger frem, så han Jakob, Sebedeus' sønn, og hans bror Johannes i ferd med å bøte sine garn i båten,

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  • Matthew 4:21

    And 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.

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  • Acts 1:13

    And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

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  • Mark 9:2

    And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

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  • Acts 12:2

    And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

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  • Mark 10:35

    And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

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  • Mark 3:17

    And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:

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  • Mark 5:37

    And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

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  • Mark 14:33

    And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

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