Matthew 4:12-25

12Now when Yeshua heard that John had been handed over, He withdrew to the Galilee.

13Leaving Natzeret, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali.

14This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

15“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations—

16the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and those sitting in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”

17From then on, Yeshua began to proclaim, “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

18Now as Yeshua was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter and Andrew his brother. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

19And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

20Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, Jacob the son of Zebedee and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and He called them.

22Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

23Yeshua was going throughout all the Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.

24News about Him spread throughout all Syria. And they brought to Him all the sick—those tormented by various diseases and afflictions, those plagued by demons, the epileptics, the paralyzed—and He healed them.

25And large crowds followed Him from the Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.