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The Book of Mark, Chapter 1, Verse 18

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And Jesus said unto them, ‹Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.›
King James Version
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
American Standard Version
And straightway they left the nets, and followed him.
New English Translation
Jesus’ Authority Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
World English Bible
Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.
19
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.
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And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
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And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
23
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‹Hold thy peace, and come out of him.›
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And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
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And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine [is] this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
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And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.