Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry

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And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God,

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and saying--`Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'

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And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers,

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and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'

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and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

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And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,

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and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.