¹⁸As Jesus was walking by Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were throwing a net into the lake because they were fishermen. ¹⁹Jesus said, “Come follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” ²⁰So Simon and Andrew immediately left their nets and followed him.

²¹As Jesus continued walking by Lake Galilee, he saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus told them to come with him. ²²Immediately they left the boat and their father, and they followed Jesus.

Jesus Teaches and Heals People

²³Jesus went everywhere in Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the Good News about the kingdom of heaven, and healing all the people’s diseases and sicknesses. ²⁴The news about Jesus spread all over Syria, and people brought all the sick to him. They were suffering from different kinds of diseases. Some were in great pain, some had demons, some were epileptics, ⁿ and some were paralyzed. Jesus healed all of them. ²⁵Many people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, ⁿ Jerusalem, Judea, and the land across the Jordan River followed him.

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

Footnotes

nepileptics People with a disease that causes them sometimes to lose control of their bodies and maybe faint, shake strongly, or not be able to move.
nTen Towns In Greek, called “Decapolis.” It was an area east of Lake Galilee that once had ten main towns.