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Matthew 4:21

Going 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,

Matthew 4:21 BSB

Matthew 4:21 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 10:2 (4 votes) and Mark 1:19–20 (4 votes). 31 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from 1 Samuel 16 to 1 Corinthians 1.

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Which verses does Matthew 4:21 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Matthew 10:24 votes

    These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

  2. Mark 1:19–204 votes

    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.

  3. Mark 3:174 votes

    James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

  4. Luke 5:10–113 votes

    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.

  5. John 21:23 votes

    Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.

  6. Acts 12:23 votes

    He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

  7. Matthew 17:12 votes

    After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

  8. Matthew 20:20–212 votes

    Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him. “What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

  9. Matthew 26:372 votes

    He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

  10. Mark 5:372 votes

    And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

Which verses point to Matthew 4:21?

The 10 strongest of 31.