Bible Verses About Self-Denial: Simon, Andrew, James, and John

As he walked beside Lake Kinneret, he saw Shim`on and Andrew, Shim`on's brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishermen.

Yeshua said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers for men!"

At once they left their nets and followed him.

Going on a little farther, he saw Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan, his brother, in their boat, repairing their nets.

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zavdai in the boat with the hired men and went after Yeshua.