Matthew 4:18-22 - Jesus Calls His First Disciples

¹⁸ And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And he says to them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men. ²⁰ And straightaway having left the nets, they followed him.

²¹ And having gone on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And he called them. ²² And straightaway having left the boat and their father, they followed him.

¹⁶ And walking beside the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, the son of Simon, casting a net in the sea, for they were fishermen.

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, Come ye behind me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men. ¹⁸ And straightaway they left the nets, and followed him. ¹⁹ And having advanced a little from there he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. ²⁰ And straightaway he called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the workmen, they went behind him.

²¹ And they entered into Capernaum, and straightaway on the Sabbath day, having entered into the synagogue, he taught.

¹ Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and having stood still, he was beside the lake of Gennesaret. ² And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen having gone out of them, were washing their nets. ³ And having entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And having sat down, he taught the crowds from the boat.

⁴ And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the depth, and let down your nets for a catch.

⁵ And having answered, Simon said to him, Master, having toiled through the whole night, we took nothing, but at thy saying, I will let down the net.

⁶ And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was tearing. ⁷ And they beckoned to their partners in the other boat, after coming, to assist them. And they came and filled both the boats, so as for them to be sunk down.

⁸ But Simon Peter having seen, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, Lord. ⁹ For astonishment surrounded him, and all those with him, at the catch of the fishes that they caught, ¹⁰ and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou will be catching men. ¹¹ And when they brought their boats to land, after forsaking all, they followed him.