Mat 4:18-22, 11:12, Mar 1:16-20, 3:9, 5:24, Luk 8:45, 12:1 | 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 .

j ch. 6:32, 45 (Gk.); 8:10 (Gk.)

k ch. 5:24, 31

l ver. 31; ch. 3:9

n ch. 11:29

o Matt. 16:6, 11, 12; Mark 8:15

p 1 Cor. 5:6-8; Gal. 5:9

q Matt. 23:28; Mark 12:15

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 11:12

12 ^eFrom the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, ^{▼▼Or has been coming violently} and the violent take it by force.

Mark 1:16-20

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

16 ^gPassing 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 ^hfishers of men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women} 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.

Mark 3:9

9 And he told his disciples to ^jhave a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they ^kcrush him,

Mark 5:24

24 And he went with him.

And a great crowd followed him and ^lthronged about him.

Luke 8:45

45 And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add and those who were with him} said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!”

Luke 12:1

Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees

1 In the meantime, ⁿwhen so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, ^o“Beware of ^pthe leaven of the Pharisees, ^qwhich is hypocrisy.