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JESUS CALLS DISCIPLES
Passage:
Matthew 4:18-22
Key verse: 19
NIV
Jesus Calls His First Disciples(A)
18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee,(B) he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter(C) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,”(D) Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed him.(E)
21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John.(F) They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.(G)
Cross references
- Matthew 4:18 : 4:18-22pp — Mk 1:16-20; Lk 5:2-11; Jn 1:35-42
- Matthew 4:18 : Mt 15:29; Mk 7:31; Jn 6:1
- Matthew 4:18 : Mt 16:17, 18
- Matthew 4:19 : ver 20, 22; Mt 8:22; Mk 10:21, 28, 52; Lk 5:28; Jn 1:43; 21:19, 22
- Matthew 4:20 : S ver 19
- Matthew 4:21 : Mt 17:1; 20:20; 26:37; Mk 3:17; 13:3; Lk 8:51; Jn 21:2
- Matthew 4:22 : S ver 19
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ESV
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
18 (A)While walking by (B)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. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you (C)fishers of men.”[a] 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.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Matthew 4:19 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Source: BibleGateway
1. Simon Peter and Andrew (18)
When Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew casting a net into the lake. Perhaps they had been disciples of John the Baptist before his arrest (Jn 1:35-42). They were hard-working fishermen, but they had no mission from God. They worked to survive in a hard world.
2. Come, follow me (19)
Jesus called them to follow him. It was an invitation to become his disciples. He would train them until they became fishers of men. It was an invitation to leave a selfish, family-centered life and share in Jesus' life and mission. Fishing fish was for themselves; fishing men was for God and others.
3. They left their nets and followed (20-22)
They heard Jesus' call and made a decision to leave their nets and follow him. James and John were working with their father when Jesus called them. They left their boats, nets and father and followed.
Prayer: Lord, help me to follow Jesus until I can be a fisher of men and a fruitful servant.
One Word: I will make you fishers of men
