²¹ Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John.^(A) They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,

¹⁷ James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”),

¹⁹ When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. ²⁰ Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

² He had James, the brother of John,^(A) put to death with the sword.^(B)

² Simon Peter, Thomas^(A) (also known as Didymus^[a]), Nathanael^(B) from Cana in Galilee,^(C) the sons of Zebedee,^(D) and two other disciples were together.

¹⁰ and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid;^(A) from now on you will fish for people.” ¹¹ So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.^(B)

³⁷ He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.^(A)

³⁷ He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee^(A) along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

A Mother’s Request^(A)

²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons^(B) came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down,^(C) asked a favor of him.

²¹ “What is it you want?” he asked.

She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”^(D)