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1From that timeJesusbegan to preach and say, "2Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
The First Disciples
183Now as Jesus was walking by 4the Sea of Galilee, He sawtwobrothers, 5Simon 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, 6James 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 going7throughoutallGalilee, 8teaching in their synagogues and 9proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and 10healingeverykind of disease and everykind of sicknessamong the people.
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The news about Him spread11throughoutallSyria; and they brought to Him all who were ill*, those suffering with variousdiseases and pains, 12demoniacs, 13epileptics, 14paralytics; and He healed them.
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Largecrowds15followed Him from Galilee and 16the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from 17beyond the Jordan.