Matthew 4:18-25

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Jesus calls the disciples

¹⁸ As Jesus was walking beside the sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (also called Peter) and Andrew his brother. They were fishermen, and were casting nets into the sea.

¹⁹ “Follow me!” said Jesus. “I’ll make you fish for people!”

²⁰ Straight away they abandoned their nets and followed him.

²¹ He went on further, and saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother. They were in the boat, mending their nets, with Zebedee their father. He called them. ²² At once they left the boat, and their father, and followed him.

²³ He went on through the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, healing every disease and every illness among the people.

²⁴ Word about him went out around the whole of Syria. They brought to him all the people tormented with various kinds of diseases and ailments, demon-possessed people, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, Judaea and beyond the Jordan.