Thematic Bible: James and john


Thematic Bible



Going on from there he saw two other brothers James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee repairing their nets. When he called them, they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

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.


John said, "Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us."

John told Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he wasn't a follower like us." But Jesus said, "Don't stop him, because no one who works a miracle in my name can slander me soon afterwards.


When his disciples James and John observed this rejection, they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"


They asked him, "Let us sit in your glory, one on your right and one on your left."


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