Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on,
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And they instantly having let go their nets, 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.
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 said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." 20 So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on, 21 He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending their nets; and He called them.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 10:37
Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Matthew 19:27
Then Peter said to Jesus, "See, *we* have forsaken everything and followed you; what then will be *our* reward?"
Mark 10:28-31
"Remember," said Peter to Him, "that we forsook everything and have become your followers."
Luke 18:28-30
Then Peter said, "See, we have given up our homes and have followed you."
Galatians 1:16
saw fit to reveal His Son within me in order that I might tell among the Gentiles the Good News concerning Him, at once I did not confer with any human being,