17 From that time on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

18 Now as he[a] 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[b] and I will make you fishers of people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:18 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was walking”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 4:19 Literally “come behind me”