Matthew 4:18

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” ¹⁸ Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

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John 1:40-42

One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

Matthew 10:2

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Matthew 15:29

Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.

John 6:1

After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

Matthew 16:18

I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

Luke 6:14

Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;

John 6:8

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him,

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 3:10

Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”

Numbers 34:11

and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth.

Deuteronomy 3:17

the Arabah also, with the Jordan as a border, from Chinnereth even as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

Judges 6:11-12

Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.

1 Kings 19:19-21

So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him.

Psalm 78:70-72

He also chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;

Amos 7:14-15

Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs.

Matthew 1:16-18

Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.

Mark 1:16-20

As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

Mark 7:31

Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.

Luke 5:1-11

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

John 21:1

After these things Jesus manifested Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,