20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
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Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. …
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
And 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.
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. …
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-22)When Christ began to preach, he began to gather disciples , who should now be the hearers , and hereafter the preachers , of his doctrine, who should now be witnesses of his miracles, and hereafter concerning them. Now, in these verses, we have an account of the first disciples that he called into fellowship with himself. And this was an instance, 1. Of effectual calling to Christ. In all his prea…
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