And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
The crowds that pressed upon Christ to hear God's word were so vast that no house could hold them, yet how few truly believed! Some might count this vulgar clamor a dishonor to Him; I say it was an honor, for their souls were as precious as any ruler's, and His aim was to bring the many, not the mighty, to God.
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Commenting on Luke 5:1-11
And when they had brought their ships to land,.... Both Simon Peter's, and the other in which his partners were, and which were laden with fish: they forsook all; even all their fish, which they doubtless might have made much money of, and their nets, and their ships, and their servants, and their relations, and friends: and followed him; Christ; and became his disciples, even...
Verse 11. Forsook (h) all. It was not much that they left -- a couple of small boats and their nets; but it was all they had, even all their living. But this showed their love of Jesus, and their willingness to deny themselves, as really as if they had forsaken palaces and gold.