Matthew 4:20 — Meaning and Application

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

Matthew 4:20

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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.

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Matthew 4:1

"Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil."

Matthew 4:2

"And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred."

Matthew 4:3

"And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread."

Matthew 4:4

"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

Matthew 4:5

"Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,"

Matthew 4:6

"And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in {their} hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."

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