As Jesus was going along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net in the Sea, for they were fishermen.

As soon as they had come out from the Synagogue, they went, with James and John, into the house of Simon and Andrew.

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying ill with fever, and they at once told Jesus about her.

But Simon and his companions hastened after him;

So he appointed the Twelve--Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

Is not he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters, too, living here among us?" This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;