Genesis 12:1-4

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The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household^(A) to the land^(B) I will show you.^(C)

²“I will make you into a great nation,^(D)
    and I will bless you;^(E)
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.^[a]^(F)
³I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;^(G)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.^(H)”^[b]

⁴So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot^(I) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old^(J) when he set out from Harran.^(K)

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Footnotes

Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

Matthew 4:18-22

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Jesus Calls His First Disciples^(A)

¹⁸As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee,^(B) he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter^(C) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹“Come, follow me,”^(D) Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” ²⁰At once they left their nets and followed him.^(E)

²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John.^(F) They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, ²²and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.^(G)

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