181Now as Jesus was walking by 2the Sea of Galilee, He sawtwobrothers, 3Simon 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, 4James 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 going5throughoutallGalilee, 6teaching in their synagogues and 7proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and 8healingeverykind of disease and everykind of sicknessamong the people.
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The news about Him spread9throughoutallSyria; and they brought to Him all who were ill*, those suffering with variousdiseases and pains, 10demoniacs, 11epileptics, 12paralytics; and He healed them.
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Largecrowds13followed Him from Galilee and 14the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from 15beyond the Jordan.