Matthew 4:22 “and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.”

Matthew 4:22

and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

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

Matthew 10:37 Mark 1:20 Luke 14:26 Luke 14:33 2 Corinthians 5:16 Deuteronomy 33:9

Matthew 10:37 · BSB

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

Mark 1:20 · BSB

Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

Luke 14:26 · BSB

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:33 · BSB

In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

2 Corinthians 5:16 · BSB

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

Deuteronomy 33:9 · BSB

He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

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