15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

16 And as he[a] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net[b] into the sea (for they were fishermen). 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow[c] me and I will make you become fishers of people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:16 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was passing by”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Mark 1:16 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Mark 1:17 Literally “come after”