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"1THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESSSAW A GREATLIGHT, AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH, UPON THEM A LIGHTDAWNED."
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2From that timeJesusbegan to preach and say, "3Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
The First Disciples
184Now as Jesus was walking by 5the Sea of Galilee, He sawtwobrothers, 6Simon who was calledPeter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
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And He said to them, "Follow* Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
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Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.
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Going on from there He sawtwootherbrothers, 7James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them.
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Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.
Ministry in Galilee
23 Jesus was going8throughoutallGalilee, 9teaching in their synagogues and 10proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and 11healingeverykind of disease and everykind of sicknessamong the people.
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The news about Him spread12throughoutallSyria; and they brought to Him all who were ill*, those suffering with variousdiseases and pains, 13demoniacs, 14epileptics, 15paralytics; and He healed them.
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Largecrowds16followed Him from Galilee and 17the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from 18beyond the Jordan.