<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">4:20&nbsp;</span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">And they immediately left the nets and followed him</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- The Greek word translated &ldquo;left&rdquo; is used throughout the Synoptic records of the disciples &lsquo;leaving&rsquo; what they knew in response to the Gospel. They left their nets, then their boat and even their father (:22). The same word is translated &lsquo;to forgive&rsquo;. Because of our experience of having our sins &lsquo;let go&rsquo; by God and His Son, we are thereby motivated to &lsquo;let go&rsquo; not only others&rsquo; sins and debts to us, but all the ties that bind us to the things of this life. The immediacy of their response is a theme of Matthew's; it is he who begins by so stressing how immediately Joseph and Mary responded.</span></p>