¹⁸^qAnd Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon ^rcalled Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. ¹⁹Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and ^sI will make you fishers of men.” ²⁰^tThey immediately left their nets and followed Him.

²¹^uGoing 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. He called them, ²²and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

Jesus Ministers in Galilee

Mark 1:39; Luke 4:44

²³And Jesus went about all Galilee, ^vteaching in their synagogues, preaching ^wthe gospel of the kingdom, ^xand healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. ²⁴Then ⁴His fame went throughout all Syria; and they ^ybrought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. ²⁵^zGreat multitudes followed Him—from Galilee, and from ⁵Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

Read in Logos

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

Footnotes

3has drawn near
4Lit. the report of Him
5Lit. Ten Cities

Cross references

o Mark 1:14, 15
p Matt. 3:2; 10:7
q Matt. 4:18–22; Mark 1:16–20; Luke 5:2–11; John 1:40–42
r Matt. 10:2; 16:18; John 1:40–42
s Luke 5:10
t Matt. 19:27; Mark 10:28
u Mark 1:19
v Ps. 22:22; Matt. 9:35; Mark 1:21; 6:2; 10:1; Luke 4:15; 6:6; 13:10; John 6:59; 18:20
w[Matt. 24:14]; Mark 1:14; Luke 4:43; 8:1; 16:16
x Mark 1:34; Luke 4:40; 7:21; Acts 10:38
y Mark 1:32, 33; Luke 4:40
z Matt. 5:1; 8:1, 18; Mark 3:7, 8