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Matthew 4:20

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And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
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  1. Mark 10:28–31Rank 1 from verse 20
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    28¶ Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

    29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,

    30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

    31But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

  2. Matthew 19:27Rank 2 from verse 20
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    27¶ Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

  3. 1 Kings 19:21Rank 3 from verse 20
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    21And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

  4. Luke 18:28–30Rank 4 from verse 20
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    28Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

    29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

    30Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

  5. Psalms 119:60Rank 5 from verse 20
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    60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

  6. Galatians 1:16Rank 6 from verse 20
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    16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

  7. Matthew 10:37Rank 7 from verse 20
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    37He 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.

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Matthew 4:20

COMBINED MEANING

left

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

nets

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Sense 1: Open-meshed devices used for catching. Sense 2: By figure, snares or traps.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:18¶ 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.

4:19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

4:20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

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4:21And 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.

4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

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