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Mark 1:20

Zebedee
Following JesusParents and children

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

19 Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.

Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

21 Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

22 The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

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BSB
Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
KJV
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
WEB
Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
ASV
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
DARBY
and straightway he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, they went away after him.
BLB
And immediately He called them, and having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they went away after Him.
ÅB
og straks kalte han dem, og de forlot sin far Sebedeus i båten med leiefolkene og fulgte ham.
OTB
Han kalte dem straks, og de forlot sin far Sebedeus i båten sammen med de leide mennene og fulgte ham.
B1930
og straks kalte han dem, og de forlot sin far Sebedeus i båten med leiefolkene og fulgte ham.

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Cross references

  • Luke 14:26

    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

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  • Mark 10:29

    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

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  • Matthew 10:37

    Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

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  • Matthew 8:21–22

    Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:16

    So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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  • 1 Kings 19:20

    So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”

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  • Matthew 4:21–22

    Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

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  • Deuteronomy 33:9

    He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

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