Matthew 4:22

And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending their nets; and He called them.

23Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

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Cross References

Mark 1:20They therefore left their father Zabdi in the boat with the hired men, and went and followed Him.

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

2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore for the future we know no one simply as a man. Even if we have known Christ as a man, yet now we 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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