Matthew 4:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.

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  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
  • Luke 14:33 : 33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
  • Mark 1:20 : 20 And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.
  • Luke 9:59-60 : 59 And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father. 60 But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
  • Deut 33:9-9 : 9 Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement. 10 They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.

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  • Matt 4:18-21
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    18 And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

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

    20 And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.

    21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

  • Mark 1:16-21
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    16 And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

    17 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

    18 And they went straight from their nets, and came after him.

    19 And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

    20 And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

    21 And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching.

  • Luke 5:9-11
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    9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

    10 And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

    11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

  • Luke 5:27-28
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    27 And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

    28 And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.

  • Matt 8:22-23
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    22 But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

    23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

  • 29 And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

  • 37 Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

  • Mark 2:13-14
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    13 And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

    14 And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.

  • 28 Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

  • 28 And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you.

  • 36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

  • 22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.

  • 54 And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

  • John 6:21-22
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    21 Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.

    22 The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

  • Mark 4:35-36
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    35 And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

    36 And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

  • 43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

  • 9 And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

  • 22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

  • 4 And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

  • 13 And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

  • 2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

  • 3 Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish.

  • 45 And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

  • 7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

  • 34 And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on their eyes: and straight away they were able to see, and went after him.

  • 34 And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.

  • 2 And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.

  • 27 Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?

  • 10 And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.

  • 32 And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

  • 19 And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.

  • 6 And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.

  • 29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

  • 7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

  • 37 And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.