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Wycliffe Bible
Matthew 4:20
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Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
So Simon and Andrew immediately left their nets and followed him.
Immediately they left their nets and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].
And they straightway leauing the nets, folowed him.
And immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
Right then the two brothers dropped their nets and went with him.
At once they left their nets and went with him.
And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.
Simon and Andrew immediately left their nets and followed him.
So they immediately left their nets and went after him.
At once they left their nets and went with him.
And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
And leaving the nets, they immediately followed Him.
And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.
And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.
They immediately left their nets and followed him.
So at once they left their nets and followed him.Mark 10:28; Luke 18:28;">[xr]
And they immediately forsook their nets and went after him.
And immediately, they left their nets, and went after him.
And they strayghtwaye lefte their nettes, and folowed hym.
And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.
They immediately left their nets, and followed him.
And straitway leaving the nets they followed him.
So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on,
And they immediately left the nets, and followed him.
And they immediately left [their] nets, and followed him.
They left their nets immediately and followed him.
They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
And they left their nets at once and followed him.
At once they left their nets and followed Him.
Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
And, they, straightway, leaving the nets, followed him.
And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
Immediately they left their nets and followed him.
And they strayght waye lefte their nettes and folowed hym.
and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.
And they strayght waye lefte their nettes, and folowed hym.
so they immediately left their nets, and followed him.
They left the herd right there and rode off with him.
Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 10:37, Matthew 19:27, 1 Kings 19:21, Psalms 119:60, Mark 10:28-31, Luke 18:28-30, Galatians 1:16
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:20 - he left Isaiah 6:8 - Then Mark 1:17 - fishers Luke 5:11 - they forsook
Cross-References
And efte sche childide his brother Abel. Forsothe Abel was a kepere of scheep, and Cayn was an erthe tilyere.
and Abel offride of the first gendrid of his floc, and of the fatnesse of tho. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to the yiftis of hym;
sotheli he bihelde not to Cayn and to hise yiftis. And Cayn was wrooth greetli, and his cheer felde doun.
And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?
And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe.
Now therfor thou schalt be cursid on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir.
Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not yyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle the daies of thi lijf.
and the name of his brother was Tubal, he was the fadir of syngeris in harpe and orgun.
And whanne thei weren woxun, Esau was maad a man kunnynge of huntyng, and a man erthe tilier; forsothe Jacob was a symple man, and dwellide in tabernaclis.
Ye ben of the fadir, the deuel, and ye wolen do the desyris of youre fadir. He was a mansleere fro the bigynnyng, and he stood not in treuthe; for treuthe is not in hym. Whanne he spekith lesyng, he spekith of his owne; for he is a liere, and fadir of it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they straightway left their nets,.... That is, as soon as he had called them, they left their worldly employment, and followed him; they gave up themselves to his service, and became his disciples; they not only left their "nets", but their fishing boats, and fishing trade, and all that belonged to it, even all their substance; and also their relations, friends, and acquaintance, see
Matthew 19:27 which shows what a mighty power went along with the words and call of Christ; and what a ready, cheerful, and voluntary subjection this produces, wherever it takes place.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Straightway - Immediately - as all should do when the Lord Jesus calls them.
Left their nets - Their nets were the means of their living, perhaps all their property. By leaving them immediately, and following him, they gave every evidence of sincerity. They showed, what we should, that they were willing to forsake all for the sake of Jesus, and to follow him wherever he should lead them. They went forth to persecution and death for his sake; but also to the honor of saving souls from death, and establishing a church that shall continue to the end of time. Little did they know what awaited them when they left their unmended nets to rot on the beach, and followed the unknown and unhonored Jesus of Nazareth. So we know not what awaits us when we become his followers; but we should cheerfully go when our Saviour calls, willing to commit all into his hands - come honor or dishonor, sickness or health, riches or poverty, life or death. Be it ours to do our duty at once, and to commit the result to the great Redeemer who has called us. Compare Matthew 6:33; Matthew 8:21-22; John 21:21-22.
Follow him - This is an expression denoting that they became his disciples, 2 Kings 6:19.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 4:20. They straightway left their nets — A change, as far as it respected secular things, every way to their disadvantage. The proud and the profane may exult and say, "Such preachers as these cannot be much injured by their sacrifices of secular property - they have nothing but nets, c., to leave." Let such carpers at the institution of Christ know, that he who has nothing but a net, and leaves that for the sake of doing good to the souls of men, leaves his ALL: besides, he lived comfortably by his net before but, in becoming the servant of all for Christ's sake, he often exposes himself to the want of even a morsel of bread. See on Matthew 19:27.
