Matthew 4:17-5:3

New International Version

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.” ²⁰ At once they left their nets and followed him.^(F)

²¹ Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John.^(G) 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.^(H)

Jesus Heals the Sick

²³ Jesus went throughout Galilee,^(I) teaching in their synagogues,^(J) proclaiming the good news^(K) of the kingdom,^(L) and healing every disease and sickness among the people.^{(M) 24} News about him spread all over Syria,^(N) and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed,^(O) those having seizures,^(P) and the paralyzed;^(Q) and he healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,^[a] Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.^(R)

Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount

5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, ² and he began to teach them.

The Beatitudes^(S)

He said: