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17 Jesus said to them, ‘Come with me and be my disciples. Then I will teach you how to catch people, instead of fish.’[a] 18 Simon and Andrew immediately put down their nets and they went with Jesus.[b]

19 Jesus continued to walk along the shore. Soon he saw two more men who were brothers. They were called James and John. They were the sons of Zebedee. They were in their boat and they were mending their nets.

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  1. 1:17 Jesus did not mean that Simon and Andrew would really catch people. He would teach Simon and Andrew how to tell other people the good news about himself. They would bring people to Jesus, so that those people could believe in him.
  2. 1:18 Simon and his brother lived in a town called Capernaum. This town is on the shore of Lake Galilee.