Mat 4:18-22, 10:2-4, Luk 6:13-16 | 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 4:18-22

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. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you ^cfishers of men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women} 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Matthew 10:2-4

2 ^eThe names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, ^fwho is called Peter, and ^gAndrew his brother; ^hJames the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and ⁱMatthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Lebbaeus, or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus} 4 Simon the Zealot, ^{▼▼Greek kananaios, meaning zealot} and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Luke 6:13-16

13 And when day came, ^lhe called his disciples ^mand ⁿchose from them twelve, whom he named ^oapostles: 14 Simon, ^pwhom he named Peter, and ^qAndrew his brother, and ^rJames and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 and ^sMatthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called ^tthe Zealot, 16 and ^uJudas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.