Matthew 4:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²¹ [As] Jesus went from there He saw two [other] brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in the boat with their father Zebedee, repairing their nets. He called them,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And going on further from there He noticed two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets and putting them right; and He called them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And going on from thence he saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

Common English Bible

²¹ Continuing on, he saw another set of brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father repairing their nets. Jesus called them and

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And continuing on from there, he saw another two brothers, James of Zebedee, and his brother John, in a ship with their father Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ 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 4:21 Cross References

Matthew 10:2

Now the names of the twelve apostles were: First, Simon, also called Peter, Andrew, his brother, James and John, sons of Zebedee,

Matthew 17:1

And after six days [had passed], Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John aside and went up into a high mountain [i.e., an unidentified mountain nearby].

Matthew 26:37

He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [i.e., James and John] with Him, and [soon] began to be grieved and very distressed.

Matthew 4:20

They immediately left their nets and went with Him.

Matthew 4:22

and immediately they left their boat and their father and went with Him.

Mark 3:17

James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, to whom He gave the added name Boanerges, which means “Sons of Thunder,”

Mark 5:37

He did not allow anyone to follow Him [i.e., to the official’s house] except Peter, James and his brother John.

John 21:2

Simon Peter; Thomas, called “The Twin;” Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee; the sons of Zebedee [i.e., James and John] and two other disciples of Jesus were [all] together [at the lake].

Acts 12:2

He had James, the brother of John, killed with the sword.