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

¹⁸ And while walking by the lake of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishers. ¹⁹ And he saith to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰ And they immediately left their nets, and followed him.

²¹ And going on from thence, 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 they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

¹⁶ And as he was passing along by the lake of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon dragging a net in the lake; for they were fishers.

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will cause you to become fishers of men. ¹⁸ And immediately they left their nets, and followed him. ¹⁹ And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets; ²⁰ and immediately he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they went after him.

²¹ And they enter Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath he was teaching in the synagogue.

¹ And it came to pass, as the multitude was pressing upon him and hearing the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, ² and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them, and had washed the nets. ³ And going into one of the boats, which was Simons, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And sitting down in the boat, he taught the multitudes.

⁴ And when he had done speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into deep water, and let down your nets for a draught.

⁵ And Simon answering said, Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing; but at thy word I will let down the nets.

⁶ And having done this, they inclosed great multitude of fishes; and their nets began to break. ⁷ And they beckoned to their partners in the other boat, to come and help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

⁸ And Simon Peter seeing it fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man. ⁹ For he and all that were with him were amazed at the draught of fishes, which they had taken; ¹⁰ and so were also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt catch men. ¹¹ And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.