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

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These are the names of the 12 apostles:(A)

First, Simon, who is called Peter,
and Andrew his brother;
James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother;

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Suffering and Service

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons.(A) She knelt down to ask Him for something.(B)

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37 Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.(A)

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56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.(A)

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19 Going on a little farther, He saw James(A) the son of Zebedee(B) and his brother John.(C) They were in their boat mending their nets. 20 Immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.(D)

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17 and to James(A) the son of Zebedee,(B)
and to his brother John,(C)
He gave the name “Boanerges”
(that is, “Sons of Thunder”(D));

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Suffering and Service

35 Then(A) James(B) and John,(C) the sons of Zebedee,(D) approached Him and said, “Teacher,(E) we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”

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10 and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,”(A) Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”(B)

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Therefore the disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, “It is the Lord!”(A)

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him[a] (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. John 21:7 Lit he girded his garment

and he killed James,(A) John’s brother, with the sword.

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