Matthew 4:17–25

^17aFrom that time Jesus began to ¹preach and say, “^bRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

The First Disciples

^18aNow as Jesus was walking by ^bthe Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, ^cSimon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

¹⁹And He ^*said to them, “¹Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

²⁰And immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

²¹And going on from there He saw two other brothers, ^1aJames the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them.

²²And immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Ministry in Galilee

²³And Jesus was going ^athroughout all Galilee, ^bteaching in their synagogues and ^cpreaching the ¹gospel of the kingdom, and ^dhealing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

²⁴And the news about Him spread ^athroughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and pains, ^bdemoniacs, ^1cepileptics, ^dparalytics; and He healed them.

²⁵And large crowds ^afollowed Him from Galilee and ^bthe Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from ^cbeyond the Jordan.