Matthew 4:18-22

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Jesus Calls His First Disciples^(A)

¹⁸As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee,^(B) he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter^(C) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹“Come, follow me,”^(D) Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” ²⁰At once they left their nets and followed him.^(E)

²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John.^(F) They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, ²²and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.^(G)

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Matthew 22:34-40

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The Greatest Commandment^(A)

³⁴Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,^(B) the Pharisees got together. ³⁵One of them, an expert in the law,^(C) tested him with this question: ³⁶“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

³⁷Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^[a]^(D) ³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]^(E) ⁴⁰All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”^(F)