Parallel Verses

Twentieth Century New Testament

They left their nets at once, and followed him.

New American Standard Bible

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

King James Version

And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

Holman Bible

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

International Standard Version

So immediately they left their nets and followed him.

A Conservative Version

And straightaway they left the nets, and followed him.

American Standard Version

And straightway they left the nets, and followed him.

Amplified

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].

An Understandable Version

So, they left their nets immediately and became His followers.

Anderson New Testament

And immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Daniel Mace New Testament

immediately they quitted their nets, and followed him.

Darby Translation

and straightway leaving their trawl-nets they followed him.

Godbey New Testament

And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.

Goodspeed New Testament

They immediately abandoned their nets and followed him.

John Wesley New Testament

And straightway leaving their nets, they followed him. And having gone thence a little farther,

Julia Smith Translation

And quickly having left their nets, they followed him.

King James 2000

And immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And immediately they left their nets [and] followed him.

Modern King James verseion

And immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And they straightway forsook their nets, and followed him.

Moffatt New Testament

At once they dropped their nets and went after him.

Montgomery New Testament

At once they left their nets and followed him.

NET Bible

They left their nets immediately and followed him.

New Heart English Bible

And immediately they left the nets, and followed him.

Noyes New Testament

And immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

Sawyer New Testament

And immediately leaving their nets they followed him.

The Emphasized Bible

and, straightway, leaving the nets, they followed him.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

and immediately leaving their nets, they followed him.

Webster

And immediately they forsook their nets, and followed him.

Weymouth New Testament

At once they left their nets and followed Him.

Williams New Testament

And at once they forsook their nets and followed Him.

World English Bible

Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

Worrell New Testament

And straightway, leaving the nets, they followed Him.

Worsley New Testament

and immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Youngs Literal Translation

and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

εὐθέως 
Eutheos 
Usage: 61

ἀφίημι 
Aphiemi 
Usage: 57


Usage: 0

δίκτυον 
Diktuon 
net
Usage: 10

and followed
ἀκολουθέω 
Akoloutheo 
Usage: 67

Context Readings

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

17 "Come and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will set you to fish for men." 18 They left their nets at once, and followed him. 19 Going on a little further, he saw James, Zebediah's son, and his brother John, who also were in their boat mending the nets.

Cross References

Matthew 19:27-30

"But we--we left everything, and followed you; what, then, shall we have?"

Mark 10:28-31

"But we," began Peter, "we left everything and have followed you."

Luke 5:11

And, when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything, and followed him.

Luke 14:33

And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has--he cannot be a disciple of mine.

Luke 18:28-30

"But we," said Peter, "we left what belonged to us and followed you."

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him;

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