17 (A)From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Amend your lives: for the kingdom of heaven is at [a]hand.

18 [b]And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee saw two brethren, Simon, which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers.)

19 (B)And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:17 Is come to you.
  2. Matthew 4:18 Christ thinking by time, that he should at length depart from us, even at the beginning of his preaching getteth him disciples after an heavenly sort, men indeed poor, and utterly unlearned, and therefore such as might be least suspected witnesses of the truth of those things which they heard and saw.

17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven(A) has come near.”

Jesus Calls His First Disciples(B)

18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee,(C) he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter(D) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,”(E) Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

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