Matthew 4:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they immediately left their nets and followed him.

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  • 1 Kgs 19:21 : 21 And he returned from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.
  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I made haste and did not delay to keep Your commandments.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • Matt 19:27 : 27 Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we have left all and followed you. What shall we have therefore?
  • Mark 10:28-31 : 28 Then Peter began to say to him, See, we have left all and followed you. 29 And Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30 Who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life. 31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
  • Luke 18:28-30 : 28 Then Peter said, Look, we have left all, and followed you. 29 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, 30 Who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the world to come everlasting life.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

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    16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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

    18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

    19 And when he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

    20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.

    21 And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

  • Matt 4:21-22
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    21 And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

    22 And they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

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    17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

    18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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  • Luke 5:9-11
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    9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken.

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  • Luke 5:27-28
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    36 And Simon and those who were with him followed after him.

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