Mark 1:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Jesus was walking by Lake Galilee. Jesus saw Simon {\cf2\super [10]} and Simon’s brother, Andrew. These two men were fishermen, and they were throwing a net into the lake to catch fish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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.

Mark 1:16 Cross References

Matthew 10:2

These are the names of the twelve apostles {\cf2\super [119]} : Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Mark 3:16

These are the names of the twelve men Jesus chose: Simon (Jesus gave him the name Peter);

Mark 3:18

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, {\cf2\super [47]}

Luke 6:14

Simon (Jesus named him Peter) and Andrew, Peter’s brother; James and John, Philip and Bartholomew;

John 12:22

Philip went and told Andrew. Then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

John 6:8

Another follower there was Andrew. Andrew was Simon Peter’s brother. Andrew said,

Acts 1:13

The apostles entered the city. They went to the place where they were staying; this was in a room upstairs. The apostles were: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus), Simon (known as the Zealot {\cf2\super [8]}), and Judas (the son of James).