Matthew 4:14-24

14 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

15 "¹THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI, BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, BEYOND THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE GENTILES -

16 "²THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT, AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH, UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED."

17 ³From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "⁴Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

The First Disciples

18 ⁵Now as Jesus was walking by ⁶the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, ⁷Simon who was 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 fishers of men."

20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

21 Going on from there He saw two other brothers, ⁸James 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.

Ministry in Galilee

23 Jesus was going ⁹throughout all Galilee, ¹⁰teaching in their synagogues and ¹¹proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and ¹²healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

24 The news about Him spread ¹³throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill *, those suffering with various diseases and pains, ¹⁴demoniacs, ¹⁵epileptics, ¹⁶paralytics; and He healed them.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 9:1
• 2. Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 60:1-3; Luke 2:32
• 3. Mark 1:14, 15
• 4. Matthew 3:2
• 5. Matthew 4:18-22: {Mark 1:16-20;} Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42
• 6. Matthew 15:29; Mark 7:31; Luke 5:1; John 6:1
• 7. Matthew 10:2; Matthew 16:18; John 1:40-42
• 8. Matthew 10:2; Matthew 20:20
• 9. Mark 1:39; Luke 4:14, 44
• 10. Matthew 9:35; Matthew 13:54; Mark 1:21; Mark 6:2; Mark 10:1; Luke 4:15; Luke 6:6; Luke 13:10; John 6:59; John 18:20
• 11. Matthew 3:2; Matthew 9:35; Matthew 24:14; Mark 1:14; Luke 4:43; Luke 8:1; Luke 16:16; Acts 20:25; Acts 28:31
• 12. Matthew 8:16; Matthew 9:35; Matthew 14:14; Matthew 15:30; Matthew 19:2; Matthew 21:14; Mark 1:34; Mark 3:10; Luke 4:40; Luke 7:21; Acts 10:38
• 13. Mark 7:26; Luke 2:2; Acts 15:23; Acts 18:18; Acts 20:3; Acts 21:3; Galatians 1:21
• 14. Matthew 8:16, 28, 33; Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 15:22; Mark 1:32; Mark 5:15, 16, 18; Luke 8:36; John 10:21
• 15. Matthew 17:15
• 16. Matthew 8:6; Matthew 9:2, 6; Mark 2:3-5, 9; Luke 5:24

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Toward the sea"
• [b] Lit "nations", usually non-Jewish
• [c] Or "proclaim"
• [d] Lit "Come here after Me"
• [e] Or "Jacob;" James is the Eng form of Jacob
• [f] Gr "Joannes", Heb "Johanan"
• [g] Or "good news"
• [h] Lit "moonstruck"