Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat repairing their nets.

He immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Zebedee's sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus and told him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."