Matthew 4:19-25

19 And he said to them, "{Follow me} and I will make you fishers of people."
20 And immediately they left their nets [and] followed him.
21 And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the [son] of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.
22 And immediately they left the boat and their father [and] followed him.

Teaching, Preaching, and Healing throughout Galilee

23 And he went around through all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
24 And a report about him went out {throughout} Syria, and they brought to him all those {who were sick} with various diseases and afflicted by torments, demon-possessed and epileptics and paralytics, and he healed them.
25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the other side of the Jordan.

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Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Literally "come behind me"
  • [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [c]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [d]. Literally "in the whole of"
  • [e]. Literally "having badly"
  • [f]. Some manuscripts have "and demon-possessed"
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