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18 aThey immediately left their nets and followed Him.  
19 When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.
20 And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.

Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit

21 aThen they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the bsynagogue and taught.  
22 aAnd they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.  
23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an aunclean spirit. And he cried out,  
24 saying, “Let us alone! aWhat have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I bknow who You are—the cHoly One of God!”  
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Mark 1:20

With the hired servants (meta twn misqwtwn). One hired for wages (misqov), a very old Greek word. Zebedee and his two sons evidently had an extensive business in co-operation with Andrew and Simon (Luke 5:7, Luke 5:10). Mark alone has this detail of the hired servants left with Zebedee. They left the boat and their father (Matthew 4:22) with the hired servants. The business would go on while they left all (Luke 5:11) and became permanent followers of Jesus. Many a young man has faced precisely this problem when he entered the ministry. Could he leave father and mother, brothers and sisters, while he went forth to college and seminary to become a fisher of men? Not the least of the sacrifices made in the education of young preachers is that made by the home folks who have additional burdens to bear because the young preacher is no longer a bread-winner at home. Most young preachers joyfully carry on such burdens after entering the ministry.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 1:20:

Mark 10:28
Luke 5:1

 

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