Matthew 4:20

So they immediately left their nets and followed him.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

In Context

19Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:27Then Peter said to him in response, “Behold, we have left everything and followed yoʋ; what then will there be for us?”

Luke 18:28Then Peter said, “Behold, we have left everything and followed yoʋ.”

Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:19-23

Christ Calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John. 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22… Read the whole commentary →

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