Jesus Calls the First Disciples

^16 (A)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. ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become ^(B)fishers of men.” ¹⁸ And immediately they left their nets and followed him. ¹⁹ And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. ²⁰ And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

^2 (A)and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were ^(B)washing their nets. ³ Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And ^(C)he sat down and taught the people from the boat. ⁴ And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ^(D)“Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” ⁵ And Simon answered, “Master, ^(E)we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” ⁶ And when they had done this, ^(F)they enclosed a large number of fish, and ^(G)their nets were breaking. ⁷ They signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. ^(H)And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸ But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, ^(I)“Depart from me, for ^(J)I am a sinful man, O Lord.” ⁹ For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, ¹⁰ and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” ¹¹ And when they had brought their boats to land, ^(K)they left everything and followed him.

^40 (A)One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus^[a] was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. ⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found ^(B)the Messiah” (which means Christ). ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “So you are Simon the son of ^(C)John? You shall be called ^(D)Cephas” (which means ^(E)Peter^[b]).