\v 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near."
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\v 18 As he was 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.
\v 19 Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."
\v 20 Immediately they left the nets and followed him.
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\v 21 As Jesus was going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father mending their nets. He called them,
\v 22 and they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
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\v 23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and all kinds of sickness among the people.
\v 24 The news about him went out into all of Syria, and the people brought to him all those who were sick, ill with various diseases and pains, those possessed by demons, and the epileptic and paralytic. Jesus healed them.
\v 25 Great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.