Then going on a little further he saw James the son of Zebedaeus and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending their nets;

he called them at once, and they left their father Zebedaeus in the boat with the crew and went to follow him.

James the son of Zebedaeus and John the brother of James (he surnamed them Boanerges, or "Sons of thunder"),

James and John, the sons of Zebedaeus, came up to him saying, "Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you."