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.

TEACHING, PREACHING, AND HEALING

²³Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee,^a teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every^D disease and sickness^E among the people.^b ²⁴Then the news about him spread throughout Syria.^c So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics.^d And he healed them. ²⁵Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.^e

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

Footnotes

COr you fishers of
DOr every kind of
EOr physical ailment

Cross references

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
a Mk 1:35–39; Lk 4:42–44
b Mt 13:54; 24:14; Ac 10:38
c Lk 2:2; Ac 15:23; Gl 1:21
d Mt 8:16; 9:32; Mk 5:15; Jn 10:21
e Mk 3:7; 5:20; Lk 6:17