| Matthew 4:20 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | They immediately left their nets and followed him.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. |
| ASV: | And they straightway left the nets, and followed him. |
| BBE: | And straight away they let go the nets and went after him. |
| DBY: | And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him. |
| ERV: | And they straightway left the nets, and followed him. |
| WEY: | So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on, |
| WBS: | And they immediately left their nets, and followed him. |
| WEB: | They immediately left their nets and followed him. |
| YLT: | and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him. |
| Matthew 4:20 Cross References |
| XREF: | Matthew 4:19 And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Matthew 4:21 Going 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; and He called them. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 4:20 Straightway left [their] nets. They obeyed at once. Thus Christ ought always to be obeyed. No excuses for delay were offered, or should ever be. |
| MHC: | 4:18-22 When Christ began to preach, he began to gather disciples, who should be hearers, and afterwards preachers of his doctrine, who should be witnesses of his miracles, and afterwards testify concerning them. He went not to Herod's court, not to Jerusalem, among the chief priests and the elders, but to the sea of Galilee, among the fishermen. The same power which called Peter and Andrew, could have wrought upon Annas and Caiaphas, for with God nothing is impossible. But Christ chooses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. Diligence in an honest calling is pleasing to Christ, and it is no hinderance to a holy life. Idle people are more open to the temptations of Satan than to the calls of God. It is a happy and hopeful thing to see children careful of their parents, and dutiful. When Christ comes, it is good to be found doing. Am I in Christ? is a very needful question to ask ourselves; and, next to that, Am I in my calling? They had followed Christ before, as common disciples, Joh 1:37; now they must leave their calling. Those who would follow Christ aright, must, at his command, leave all things to follow him, must be ready to part with them. This instance of the power of the Lord Jesus encourages us to depend upon his grace. He speaks, and it is done. |
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