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Matthew 4:22

Following JesusObedienceParents and children

20 And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

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

and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

24 News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.
BLB
And immediately, having left the boat and their father, they followed Him.
ÅB
De forlot straks båten og sin far og fulgte ham.
OTB
Straks forlot de båten og sin far, og fulgte ham.
B1930
Og de forlot straks båten og sin far og fulgte ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 10:37

    Anyone 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;

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  • 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:9–10

    He 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.

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  • Luke 9:59–60

    Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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  • Mark 1:20

    Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:16

    So 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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  • Luke 14:33

    In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

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