Jesus calls his first disciples

One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding round him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:1 That is, Sea of Galilee