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

¹⁸ And He walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their net into the sea; for they were fishers. ¹⁹ And He says to them, Follow after me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰ And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.

²¹ And going forth from thence, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them. ²² And immediately having left the ship and their father, they followed Him.

¹⁶ And walking by the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting their net in the sea: for they were fishers.

¹⁷ Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men. ¹⁸ And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him. ¹⁹ And going forth thence a little, He saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, themselves also in a ship mending their nets, ²⁰ and immediately He called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired hands, they departed after Him.

²¹ And they come into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath, He was teaching in the synagogue.

¹ And it came to pass, while the multitude is pressing on Him to hear the word of God, and He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; ² and He saw two ships standing by the lake: the fishermen, having gone from them, were washing their nets. ³ And having come into one of the ships, which belonged to Simon, He asked him to lead out a little from the land, and sitting down He was teaching the multitudes from the ship.

⁴ When He ceased speaking He said to Simon, Lead out into the deep, and spread your nets for a draught.

⁵ And Simon responding said to Him, Master, having toiled all night, we caught nothing: but at thy word I will spread the net.

⁶ And having done this, they caught a great multitude of fishes; and their net was breaking; ⁷ and they beckoned to their comrades in another ship, having come to assist them, And they came, and filled both ships, so as to sink them.

⁸ And Simon Peter, seeing, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying; Depart from me, Lord, because I am a sinful man, ⁹ For fear took hold of him, and all of those with him, at the draught of fishes which they received. ¹⁰ And likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were companions to Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now you shall be catching men. ¹¹ And drawing up their ships to the land, having left all things, they followed Him.