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Matthew 4:17-22 ALT
(17) From that time Jesus began to be proclaiming and to be saying, "Be repenting, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near!" (18) Now walking about by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, the one being called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. (19) And He says to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you* fishers of people." (20) Then immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him. (21) And having gone 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, and He called them. (22) Then immediately, having left the boat and their father, they followed Him.

Matthew 4:17-22 LITV
(17) From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent! For the kingdom of Heaven has drawn near. (18) And walking beside the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers, Simon being called Peter and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers. (19) And He says to them, Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men. (20) And leaving the nets, they immediately followed Him. (21) And going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. And He called them. (22) And at once leaving the boat and their father, they followed Him.

Matthew 4:17-22 CEV
(17) Then Jesus started preaching, "Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here." (18) While Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers. One was Simon, also known as Peter, and the other was Andrew. They were fishermen, and they were casting their net into the lake. (19) Jesus said to them, "Come with me! I will teach you how to bring in people instead of fish." (20) Right then the two brothers dropped their nets and went with him. (21) Jesus walked on until he saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat with their father, mending their nets. Jesus asked them to come with him too. (22) Right away they left the boat and their father and went with Jesus.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation