Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And they instantly having let go their nets, followed him.
New American Standard Bible
Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
King James Version
And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
Holman Bible
Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
International Standard Version
So at once they left their nets and followed him.
A Conservative Version
And straightaway having left the nets, they followed him.
American Standard Version
And they straightway 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
They immediately left their nets and went with Him.
Anderson New Testament
And they immediately left their nets and followed him.
Bible in Basic English
And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.
Common New Testament
Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so they immediately left their nets, and followed him.
Darby Translation
And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.
Godbey New Testament
And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.
Goodspeed New Testament
They immediately dropped their nets and went with him.
John Wesley New Testament
And straitway leaving the nets they followed him.
King James 2000
And they immediately left their nets, and followed him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And immediately they left their nets [and] followed him.
Modern King James verseion
And they immediately left their nets and followed him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they straightaway left their nets, and followed him.
Moffatt New Testament
And they dropped their nets at once and followed him.
Montgomery New Testament
And they dropped their nets at once, and followed him.
NET Bible
They left their nets immediately and followed him.
New Heart English Bible
And they immediately left their nets and followed him.
Noyes New Testament
And they immediately left their nets, and followed him.
Sawyer New Testament
And they left their nets, immediately, and followed him.
The Emphasized Bible
And, they, straightway, leaving the nets, followed him.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then immediately quitting their nets they followed him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
The two men left their nets at once and followed him.
Webster
And they immediately left their nets, and followed him.
Weymouth New Testament
So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on,
Williams New Testament
And at once they left the nets and followed Him.
World English Bible
They immediately left their nets and followed him.
Worrell New Testament
And, immediately leaving their nets, they followed Him.
Worsley New Testament
and they immediately left their nets, and followed Him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.
Themes
Andrew » A personal worker » Responded immediately when called
Call » To special religious duty » Apostles
Christ » Filial » Obedience to
Faith » Instances of faith in Christ » Peter
Faith » Instances of faith in Christ » Andrew
Galilee » Sea (lake) of galilee » Jesus calls disciples on the shore of
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 4:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
19 And he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you the fishermen of men. 20 And they instantly having let go their nets, followed him. 21 And having proceeded thence, he saw other two brethren, James him of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, adjusting their nets; and he called them.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 19:21
And he will turn back from after him and take a yoke of oxen and sacrifice them, and with the instruments of the oxen he boiled them the flesh, and he will give to the people, and they will eat. And he will rise and go after Elijah and serve him.
Psalm 119:60
I hastened and delayed not to watch thy commands.
Matthew 10:37
He loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me; and he loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me.
Matthew 19:27
Then Peter having answered, said to him, Behold, we have let go all things, and have followed thee; what therefore shall be to us?
Mark 10:28-31
And Peter began to say to him, Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee.
Luke 18:28-30
And Peter said, Behold, we have left all, and followed thee.
Galatians 1:16
To reveal his Son in me, that I might announce him the good news in the nations; I consulted not with flesh and blood: