King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 4:17
“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‹Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 4
15
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
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The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‹Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.›
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And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
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And he saith unto them, ‹Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.›
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