# Mark 1.17

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/john-mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 15. <span class="rl-speech">and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers.</span>
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> **17. And Jesus said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.</span>**
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> 18. And straightway they left the nets, and followed him. 19. 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. (Mark 1:15-19, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 15. <span class="rl-speech">and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.</span>
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> **17. Jesus said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”</span>**
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> 18. Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. 19. 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. (Mark 1:15-19, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 15. <span class="rl-speech">And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.</span>
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> **17. And Jesus said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.</span>**
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> 18. And straightway they forsook 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. (Mark 1:15-19, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 15. <span class="rl-speech">and saying, 'Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers,</span>
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> **17. and Jesus said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'</span>**
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> 18. and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him. 19. And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, (Mark 1:15-19, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 1](/codex/mark-1/)
- [Zeitgeist - Astrotheological Claims](/codex/zeitgeist-astrotheological-claims/)

**People:**

- [Andrew the Apostle](/codex/andrew-the-apostle/), via [Mark 1.16-18](/codex/mark-1-16-18/), [Mark 1.16-20](/codex/mark-1-16-20/)
- [Peter the Apostle](/codex/peter-the-apostle/), via [Mark 1.16-18](/codex/mark-1-16-18/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.