Mark 1

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

16 And as he**Here "as" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was passing by") which is understood as temporal was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation into the sea (for they were fishermen). 17 And Jesus said to them, "Follow*Literally "come after" me and I will make you become fishers of people." 18 And immediately they left their nets and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb followed him.