Mat 4:18, 16:16-18, Mar 1:16-17, 3:16, Luk 6:14, Joh 1:40-42, Act 1:13 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

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

16 Simon Peter replied, ^c“You are ^dthe Christ, ^ethe Son of ^fthe living God.” 17 And 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. 18 And I tell you, ^kyou are Peter, and ^lon this rock ^{▼▼The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar} 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. 17 And 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

16 He appointed the twelve: ^tSimon (to whom ^uhe gave the name Peter);

Luke 6:14

14 Simon, ^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. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found ^aathe Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He 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 ^{▼▼ Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively}).

Acts 1:13

13 And 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.