18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. |
19 "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." |
20 At once they left their nets and followed him. |
21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, |
22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. |
23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. |
24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. |
25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,6 4:25 That is, the Ten Cities Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him. |
