Matthew 4:18-22 - Jesus Calls His First Disciples
18 Jesus walked on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There he saw Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother. They were fishermen. 19 He said to them: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people. 20 At once they abandoned their nets and followed him.
21 He saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. 22 Instantly they left the boat and their father, and went with him.
16 Walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two fishermen Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother. They were casting a net into the sea.
17 Jesus said: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people. 18 They immediately left the nets and went with him. 19 Jesus then saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat preparing their nets to go fishing. 20 Jesus called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with Jesus.
21 Jesus and his followers traveled to Capernaum. On the day of worship Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
1 Jesus stood by the Lake of Gennesaret as the crowds pressed in upon him in order to hear the word of God. 2 He saw two boats docked by the shore. The fishermen had gone away from them and were washing their nets. 3 He boarded one of the boats. It was Simon's boat. He asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
4 When he finished speaking he asked Simon to put into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.
5 Simon answered, Master we worked all night and caught nothing. At your word I will let down the nets.
6 When they did this they caught a large number of fish and their nets were breaking. 7 They called their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They filled both boats until they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw this he fell down at Jesus' knees. He said: Depart from me for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 He and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish. 10 So were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon: Do not fear. From now on you will catch men. 11 After they brought their boats to land they left all and followed him.