Matthew 4:18

By the Sea of Galilee Jesus sees the fishermen brothers Simon Peter and Andrew. It begins the calling of His first disciples.

Cross-references · 21

• John 1:40–42Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
• Matt 10:2These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
• Luke 6:14Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
• Mark 1:16–20As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
• Luke 5:1–11On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
• Matt 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
• Matt 15:29Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
• Mark 7:31Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
• John 6:1After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias).
• John 21:1Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way:
• Judg 6:11–12Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
• 1 Cor 1:27–29But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
• John 6:8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
• Exod 3:10Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
• Deut 3:17The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
• Amos 7:14–15“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
• Ps 78:70–72He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
• Exod 3:1Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
• 1 Kgs 19:19–21So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
• Matt 1:16–18and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
• Num 34:11then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

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