¹³He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum^y by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. ¹⁴This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁵Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

along the road by the sea, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentiles.

¹⁶The people who live in darkness

have seen a great light,

and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,

a light has dawned.^A^B^z

¹⁷From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven^aa has come near.”

THE FIRST DISCIPLES

¹⁸As^ab he was walking along the Sea of Galilee,^ac he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. ¹⁹“Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fish for^C people.” ²⁰Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them. ²²Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Read in Logos

Matthew 4:19: And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Footnotes

A dawned on them
COr you fishers of

Cross references

y Mk 1:21; 2:1; Lk 4:23; Jn 2:12; 4:46
B Is 9:1–2
z Is 9:1–2; 42:7; Lk 2:32
aa Mt 3:2; 5:3,10,19–20; 7:21; 8:11; Mk 1:14
ab Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11; Jn 1:40–42
ac Mt 15:29; Mk 7:31; Lk 5:1; Jn 6:1