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 fishers. ¹⁹ And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men." ²⁰ And, immediately leaving their nets, they followed Him.

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

¹⁶ And, passing along by the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers.

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men." ¹⁸ And straightway, leaving the nets, they followed Him. ¹⁹ And going on a little further, He saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and those in the ship mending the nets. ²⁰ And straightway He called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the boat, with the hired servants, they went away after Him.

²¹ And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath, going into the synagogue, He was teaching.

¹ Now it came to pass, as the multitude was pressing upon Him, and hearing the word of God, that He was standing by the lake 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, entering into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to put out a little from the land; and, having taken a seat, He was teaching the multitudes out of the boat.

⁴ And, when He ceased speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught."

⁵ And Simon, answering, said, "Master, having toiled through the whole night, we took nothing; but at Thy word I will let down the nets."

⁶ And, doing this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their nets were breaking. 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 were sinking.

⁸ And Simon Peter, seeing it, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, "Depart from me; because I am a sinful man, O Lord;" ⁹ for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, on account of the draught of the fishes which they took; ¹⁰ and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Fear not; henceforth you will catch men." ¹¹ And, having brought their boats to the land, leaving all, they followed Him.