Jesus Calls the First Disciples

16 (A)Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become (B)fishers of men.”[a] 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:17 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women

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