Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. New Living Translation They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind. English Standard Version Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. Berean Standard Bible and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him. Berean Literal Bible and immediately having left the boat and their father they followed Him. King James Bible And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. New King James Version and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. New American Standard Bible Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. NASB 1995 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. NASB 1977 And they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed Him. Legacy Standard Bible And immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. Amplified Bible Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example]. Christian Standard Bible Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. Holman Christian Standard Bible Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him. American Standard Version And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him. Contemporary English Version At once they left the boat and their father and went with Jesus. English Revised Version And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him. GOD'S WORD® Translation and they immediately left the boat and their father and followed Jesus. Good News Translation and at once they left the boat and their father, and went with him. International Standard Version they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him. Majority Standard Bible and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him. NET Bible They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him. New Heart English Bible And they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him. Webster's Bible Translation And they immediately left the boat, and their father, and followed him. Weymouth New Testament And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him. World English Bible They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, followed Him. Berean Literal Bible and immediately having left the boat and their father they followed Him. Young's Literal Translation and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him. Smith's Literal Translation And they having instantly let go the ship and their father, followed him. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him. Catholic Public Domain Version And immediately, leaving their nets and their father behind, they followed him. New American Bible and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him. New Revised Standard Version Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And at once they left the boat and their father and they went after him. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. Godbey New Testament And immediately having left the ship and their father, they followed Him. Haweis New Testament Then they instantly quitting the ship and their father, followed him. Mace New Testament they immediately left the bark with their father, and followed him. Weymouth New Testament And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him. Worrell New Testament and they, having immediately left the boat and their father, followed Him. Worsley New Testament and He called them also; and they immediately left the ship, and their father, and followed Him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The First Disciples…21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him. 23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.… Cross References Mark 1:18-20 And at once they left their nets and followed Him. / Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets. / Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him. Luke 5:10-11 and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.” / And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him. John 1:35-42 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. / When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” / And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. ... Matthew 19:27-29 “Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?” / Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. / And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. Matthew 10:37-39 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; / and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. / Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Luke 14:26-27 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. / And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple. John 21:15-19 When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” / Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” / Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. ... Acts 1:13-14 When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. / With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. Acts 4:13 When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus. 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. / But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, ... 1 Kings 19:19-21 So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him. / So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?” / So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah. Genesis 12:1-4 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” ... Exodus 3:10-12 Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.” / But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” / “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.” Isaiah 6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!” Jeremiah 1:4-8 The word of the LORD came to me, saying: / “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” / “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!” ... Treasury of Scripture And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. 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. Deuteronomy 33:9,10 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant… Mark 1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. Jump to Previous Boat Follow Followed Immediately Once Ship Straight StraightwayJump to Next Boat Follow Followed Immediately Once Ship Straight StraightwayMatthew 4 1. Jesus, fasting forty days, 3. is tempted by the devil and ministered unto by angels. 12. He dwells in Capernaum; 17. begins to preach; 18. calls Peter and Andrew, 21. James and John; 23. teaches and heals all the diseased. And immediately The word "immediately" in the Greek is "euthys," which conveys a sense of urgency and promptness. This reflects the disciples' readiness and willingness to follow Jesus without hesitation. In the context of discipleship, it emphasizes the importance of responding to Jesus' call with a sense of urgency and priority, leaving behind former ways of life to embrace a new path in Christ. they left the boat and their father and followed Him The sacrifice of the disciples seems, perhaps, small as compared with others in the history of saints; yet to leave all, to give up the life of home, and its regular occupations, requires, in any case, an effort more or less heroic; and beyond it there lay the future, as yet undiscerned, with all its possible trials and sufferings, to which, by that one act, they pledged themselves. (Comp. 19:27.) Verse 22. - Left the ship and their father, and followed him (ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ) . St. Matthew emphasizes the facts that they left both natural relations (so also St. Mark, adding the vivid detail, "the hired servants") and means of livelihood, and that here their continuous following of Christ began. St. Mark rather lay stress on their leaving the old life (ἀπῆλθον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ) .Parallel Commentaries ... Greek andδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. immediately εὐθέως (eutheōs) Adverb Strong's 2112: Immediately, soon, at once. Adverb from euthus; directly, i.e. At once or soon. they left ἀφέντες (aphentes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. boat πλοῖον (ploion) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 4143: A ship, vessel, boat. From pleo; a sailer, i.e. Vessel. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. father πατέρα (patera) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. [and] followed ἠκολούθησαν (ēkolouthēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 190: To accompany, attend, follow. Properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. To accompany. Him. αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. 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