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      Matthew 4:18-22, 8:23-27, 14:22-36; Luke 5:1-11 (English-NIV)

      Matthew 4

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      As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
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      "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
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      At once they left their nets and followed him.
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      Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
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      and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

      Matthew 8

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      Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.
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      Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
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      The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!"
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      He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
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      The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"

      Matthew 14

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      Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
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      After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
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      but the boat was already a considerable distance [1] from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
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      During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.
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      When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear.
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      But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."
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      "Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."
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      "Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
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      But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"
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      Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"
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      And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.
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      Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."
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      When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.
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      And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him
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      and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.

      Luke 5

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      One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, [2] with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God,
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      he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.
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      He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
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      When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down [3] the nets for a catch."
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      Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets."
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      When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.
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      So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
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      When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!"
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      For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
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      and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men."
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      So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

    1. 24 Greek many stadia
    2. 1 That is, Sea of Galilee
    3. 4 The Greek verb is plural.

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