Monday, September 7, 2026

Not so family friendly Christianity leaves the old man and the family business behind in the boat

Woodcut from the UK Wellcome Trust


And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zeb'edee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him.

-- Mark 1:19f. 

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, in the boat with Zeb'edee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.

-- Matthew 4:21f.