Matthew 4:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,

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  • Matt 10:2 : 2 And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;
  • Matt 17:1 : 1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,
  • Matt 20:20-21 : 20 Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him, 21 and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'
  • Matt 26:37 : 37 And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;
  • Mark 1:19-20 : 19 And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, 20 and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.
  • Mark 3:17 : 17 and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he put on them names -- Boanerges, that is, `Sons of thunder;'
  • Mark 5:37 : 37 And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;
  • Luke 5:10-11 : 10 and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, `Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;' 11 and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.
  • John 21:2 : 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the `sons' of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.
  • Acts 12:2 : 2 and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,

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