16
And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).
17
And Jesus said to them, "{Follow} me and I will make you become fishers of people."
18
And immediately they left their nets [and] followed him.
19
And going on a little [farther], he saw James the [son] of Zebedee and his brother John, and they [were] in the boat mending the nets.
20
And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men [and] went away after him.
Footnotes 1
[a].
*Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb
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