Matthew 4:18
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
18 aWhile walking by bthe 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.Matthew 16:16-18
16Simon Peter replied, c“You are dthe Christ, ethe Son of fthe living God.” 17And Jesus answered him, g“Blessed are you, hSimon Bar-Jonah! For iflesh and blood has not revealed this to you, jbut my Father who is in heaven. 18And I tell you, kyou are Peter, and lon this rock ▼ I will build my church, and nthe gates of ohell ▼▼Greek the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against it. Mark 1:16-17
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
16 qPassing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become rfishers of men.” ▼▼The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women
Mark 3:16
16He appointed the twelve: tSimon (to whom uhe gave the name Peter);Luke 6:14
14Simon, vwhom he named Peter, and wAndrew his brother, and xJames and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,John 1:40-42
40 yOne of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus ▼▼Greek him
was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found aathe Messiah” (which means Christ). 42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of abJohn. You shall be called acCephas” (which means adPeter ▼). Acts 1:13
13And when they had entered, they went up to afthe upper room, where they were staying, agPeter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon ahthe Zealot and Judas the son of James.
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