¹³And leaving ^pNazareth he went and lived in ^qCapernaum by ^rthe sea, in the territory of ^sZebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴^tso that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

¹⁵^u“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

¹⁶^vthe people dwelling in darkness

have seen a great light,

and for those dwelling in the region and ^wshadow of death,

on them a light has dawned.”

¹⁷^xFrom that time Jesus began to preach, saying, ^z“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”¹

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

¹⁸^aWhile walking by ^bthe Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you ^cfishers of men.”² ²⁰Immediately they left their nets and followed him. ²¹And 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, 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

1Or the kingdom of heaven has come near
2The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women

Cross references

pSee ch. 2:23
q[ch. 9:1]
r John 6:1
s Josh. 19:32–34
tSee ch. 1:22
uCited from Isa. 9:1, 2
v Isa. 42:7; Luke 1:79
w Job 3:5; Ps. 23:4; Amos 5:8
x Mark 1:14
zch. 3:2
aFor ver. 18–22, see Mark 1:16–20; [Luke 5:2–11; John 1:40–42]
bver. 13
cch. 13:47