Matthew 4:22

They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21As he went farther on he saw two other brothers, Jamesthe son of Zebedee, and Johnhis brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.

23Then Jesus went about through Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

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Cross References

Mark 1:20Straightway he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him.

Luke 14:26"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore henceforth I know no one simply as a man - even if I have known Christ as a man, yet now I do so no longer.

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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