Matthew 4:22

And immediately having left the ship and their father, they followed Him.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

In Context

21And going forth from thence, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them.

23And Jesus was going round all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the people.

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Cross References

Mark 1:20and immediately He called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired hands, they departed after Him.

Luke 14:26If any one comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even yet his own soul, he is not able to be my disciple.

2 Corinthians 5:16So that we from now know no man after the flesh: if indeed we have known Christ after the flesh, but we now know him no more.

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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