Mark 1:16-20

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Jesus Chooses His First Followers^(A)

¹⁶ When Jesus was walking by ·Lake Galilee [^Tthe Sea of Galilee], he saw Simon [^CPeter; cf. 3:16] and his brother Andrew ·throwing [casting] a net into the lake because they were fishermen. ¹⁷ Jesus said to them, “Come ·follow me [be my disciples], and I will ·make you [teach you how to] fish for people.” ¹⁸ So Simon and Andrew immediately left their nets and followed him.

¹⁹ Going a little farther, Jesus saw two more brothers, ·James and John, the sons of Zebedee [^LJames the son of Zebedee, and his brother John]. They were in a boat, ·mending [preparing] their nets. ²⁰ Jesus immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers and followed Jesus.