Matthew 4:20

World English Bible (2000)

They immediately left their nets and followed him.

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  • 1 Kgs 19:21 : 21 He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.
  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
  • Matt 19:27 : 27 Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"
  • Mark 10:28-31 : 28 Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you." 29 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, 30 but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last; and the last first."
  • Luke 18:28-30 : 28 Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you." 29 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake, 30 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,

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  • Mark 1:16-21
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    16Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

    17Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."

    18Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

    19Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

    20Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.

    21They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

  • Matt 4:21-22
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    92%

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

    22They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

  • Matt 4:17-19
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    87%

    17From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

    18Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

    19He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."

  • Luke 5:9-11
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    9For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

    10and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive."

    11When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

  • Luke 5:27-28
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    27After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"

    28He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

  • Luke 5:4-7
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    78%

    4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."

    5Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."

    6When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

    7They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

  • Luke 18:28
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    28Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."

  • Mark 2:13-14
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    13He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

    14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.

  • Mark 10:28
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    28Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you."

  • John 1:37
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    37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

  • Matt 9:9
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    9As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.

  • Mark 1:29
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    29Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

  • Mark 1:36
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    36Simon and those who were with him followed after him;

  • John 21:6
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    6He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." They cast it therefore, and now they weren't able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.

  • John 1:43
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    43On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."

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  • Matt 8:22-23
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    22But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

    23When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

  • Mark 6:54
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    54When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,

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    2He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

  • John 21:10
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    10Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."

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    27Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"

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    34Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

  • Matt 14:22
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    22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

  • Luke 9:57
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    57As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."

  • John 6:21
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    21They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

  • Mark 4:36
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    36Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.

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    8But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.

  • Matt 8:19
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    19A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

  • John 1:39
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    39He said to them, "Come, and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

  • Matt 20:29
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    29As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

  • Mark 3:13
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    13He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.

  • Matt 19:2
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    2Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Acts 27:40
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    40Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

  • Mark 6:45
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    45Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.