Mark 1:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon [Peter] and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net [to and fro] in the sea, for they were fishermen.

American Standard Version (1901)

And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers.

Common English Bible

As Jesus passed alongside the Galilee Sea, he saw two brothers, Simon and Andrew, throwing fishing nets into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And passing by the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew, casting nets into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea (for they were fishermen).

Mark 1:16 Cross References

Matthew 10:2

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee and his brother John;

Mark 3:16

So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),

Mark 3:18

and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,

Luke 6:14

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

John 12:22

Philip went and told Andrew, then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

John 6:8

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him,

Acts 1:13

When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.