Mark 1:17

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

“ ‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border.

There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.

The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.

Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi).

“This shall be the border of the land: “On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;

“By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.

“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”

Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.

Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.

“Now therefore, you shall tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel.

For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab, its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.

Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.”

The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’

For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have spoken it,’ says the Lord Yahweh. ‘She will become plunder for the nations.

It will happen, that fishermen will stand by it. From En Gedi even to En Eglaim will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many.

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

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

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.