Matthew 4

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

18 Now as he**Here "as" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was walking") which is understood as temporal was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen). 19 And he said to them, "Follow me*Literally "come behind me" and I will make you fishers of people." 20 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. 21 And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 And immediately they left the boat and their father and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb followed him.