Matthew 4:18-25

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

18 ¹While walking by ²the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you ³fishers of men."

20 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 John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.

22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds

23 ⁴And he went throughout all Galilee, ⁵teaching in their synagogues and ⁶proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and ⁷healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

24 So his fame spread throughout all ⁸Syria, and ⁹they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and ¹⁰pains, ¹¹those oppressed by demons, ¹²epileptics, and ¹³paralytics, and he healed them.

25 ¹⁴And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the ¹⁵Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.