Jesus Calls the First Disciples
1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by
1the lake of Gennesaret,
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2and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were
3washing their nets.
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Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And
4he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
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And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
5"Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."
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And Simon answered, "Master,
6we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets."
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And when they had done this,
7they enclosed a large number of fish, and
8their nets were breaking.