Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
And saying, ‹The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.›
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And Jesus said unto them, ‹Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.›
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,