Matthew 4:18-22

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

18 Now [as he] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

19 And he said to them, "{Follow me} and I will make you fishers of people."

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

22 And immediately they left the boat and their father [and] followed him.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was walking") which is understood as temporal
• [b] Literally "come behind me"
• [c] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb