¹³He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum ^cby 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 sea road, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentiles!

¹⁶The people who live in darkness

have seen a great light,

and for those living in the shadowland of death,

light has dawned. ^d^e^f

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

The First Disciples

¹⁸As ^hHe was walking along the Sea of Galilee, ⁱHe saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen. ¹⁹“Follow Me,” He told them, “and I will make you fish for ^jpeople!” 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, 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

d4:16 dawned on them
j4:19 you fishers of

Cross references

c4:13 Mk 1:21; 2:1; Lk 4:23; Jn 2:12; 4:46
e4:15–16 Is 9:1–2; 42:7; Lk 2:32
f4:15–16 Is 9:1–2
g4:17 Mt 3:2; 5:3, 10, 19–20; 7:21; 8:11; Mk 1:14
h4:18–22 Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11; Jn 1:40–42
i4:18 Mt 15:29; Mk 7:31; Lk 5:1; Jn 6:1