Matthew 4:22

A Conservative Version

And straightaway having left the boat and their father, they followed him.

Cross References

Matthew 10:37

He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

Luke 14:26

If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Mark 1:20

And straightaway he called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the workmen, they went behind him.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So that henceforth we know no man according to flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him no longer.

Luke 14:33

So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.

Matthew 4:21

And having gone 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.

Matthew 4:23

And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good-news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Luke 5:11

And when they brought their boats to land, after forsaking all, they followed him.