"And they straightway left {their} nets, and followed him." — Matthew 4:20

Matthew 4:20 · KJV

“And they straightway left {their} nets, and followed him.”

— Matthew 4:20

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James {the son} of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

Matthew 4 — Context

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And they straightway left {their} nets, and followed him.

And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James {the son} of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

Cross References

Mark 10:28-31

Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

Matthew 19:27

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

1 Kings 19:21

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

Luke 18:28-30

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

Psalms 119:60

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Galatians 1:16

To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

Matthew 10:37

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.