¹³And leaving Nazareth, he went and^* lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴in order that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

¹⁵“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,

toward the sea,^h on the other side of the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentilesⁱ—

¹⁶the people who sit in darkness

have seen a great light,

and the ones who sit in the land and shadow of death,

a light has dawned on them.”^j

¹⁷From that time on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

¹⁸Now as he^* was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen). ¹⁹And he said to them, “Follow me^k and I will make you fishers of people.” ²⁰And immediately they left their nets and^* followed him. ²¹And 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. ²²And immediately 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

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
hLiterally “the way of the sea”
iOr “nations”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
jA quotation from Isa 9:1
*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was walking”) which is understood as temporal
kLiterally “come behind me”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb