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The First Disciples

Matthew 4:22

In 9 translations

BSB
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
KJV
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
WEB
They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
ASV
And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.
LSV
and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, followed Him.
YLT
and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.
DBY
and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.
DRC
And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.
GNV
And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
RP2018
Οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
TR-Boyd
Οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
SCR1894
οι δε ευθεως αφεντες το πλοιον και τον πατερα αυτων ηκολουθησαν αυτω

Who and where

◆ Fishers of Men

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 10:37Anyone 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;
  • Luke 14:26“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 9:59–60Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
  • Mark 1:20Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
  • Deuteronomy 33:9–10He 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. He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your…
  • Luke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
  • 2 Corinthians 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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