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Matthew 4:21 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And having gone on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the of Zebedee, and John his brother in the boat with Zebedee their father mending their nets, and he called them,

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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