Matthew 4:20

And they immediately forsook their nets and went after him.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

In Context

19And Jeshu said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

21And when he had passed thence, he saw two other brethren, Jakub-bar-Zabdai and Juchanan his brother, in a vessel with Zabdai their father, repairing their nets: and Jeshu called them;

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Cross References

Matthew 19:27THEN answered Kipha and said to him, Behold, we have abandoned every thing, and have come after thee: what then shall there be for us?

Luke 18:28Shemun Kipha said to him, Behold, we have forsaken every thing, and have come after thee.

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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