Jesus Calls the First Disciples

Matthew 4

¹⁸ _a While walking by _b the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is 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 _c fishers of men." ²⁰ 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 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.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 4:18 - 22
   While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
   Mark 1:16 - 20
   Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
   Luke 5:2 - 11
   And he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
   John 1:40 - 42
   One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 4:13
   And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 4:18 - 22
   While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
   Mark 1:16 - 20
   Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
   
4. Cross References
   Matthew 13:47
   Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.