Become (γενεσθα). Mark has this word not in Matthew. It would be a slow and long process, but Jesus could and would do it. He woul…

The gospel minister is like the fisherman with a net. I have sometimes heard the comparison drawn as though the gospel fisherman had a hook and a l…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Evangelist, having mentioned Christ’s preaching to the multitude, now moves on to the calling of the dis…

Mark says nothing of a previous encounter of these two disciples with Jesus (cf. Jn 1:35-42). Rather, Jesus called Simon and Andrew to the urgent t…

And Jesus said unto them, come you after me
Leave your worldly employments, and become my disciples,

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Jesus began to preach in Galilee after John was put in prison. If some are laid aside, others will be raised up to carry on the same work. Observe …