Reading Matthew 4:12-25, GNB
Matthew 4:12-25
[12]When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee.
[13]He did not stay in Nazareth, but went to live in Capernaum, a town by Lake Galilee, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.
[14]This was done to make what the prophet Isaiah had said come true:
[15]“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, on the road to the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee, land of the Gentiles!
[16]The people who live in darkness will see a great light. On those who live in the dark land of death the light will shine.”
[17]From that time Jesus began to preach his message: “Turn away from your sins, because the Kingdom of heaven is near!”
[18]As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers who were fishermen, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew, catching fish in the lake with a net.
[19]Jesus said to them, “Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people.”
[20]At once they left their nets and went with him.
[21]He went on and saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in their boat with their father Zebedee, getting their nets ready. Jesus called them,
[22]and at once they left the boat and their father, and went with him.
[23]Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom, and healing people who had all kinds of disease and sickness.
[24]The news about him spread through the whole country of Syria, so that people brought to him all those who were sick, suffering from all kinds of diseases and disorders: people with demons, and epileptics, and paralytics — and Jesus healed them all.
[25]Large crowds followed him from Galilee and the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, Judea, and the land on the other side of the Jordan.