Mat 4:18-22, 11:25, Joh 7:15, 49, Act 2:7-12, 1Cor 1:27 | 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 11:25

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

25 ^eAt that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, ^fLord of heaven and earth, that ^gyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^hrevealed them to little children;

John 7:15

15 The Jews therefore ⁱmarveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, ^{▼▼Or this man knows his letters} when he has never studied?”

John 7:49

49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”

Acts 2:7-12

7 And ^kthey were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking ^lGalileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? 9 Parthians and ^mMedes and ⁿElamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and ^oproselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.” 12 And ^pall were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

1 Corinthians 1:27

27 But ^qGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^rGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;