The First Disciples

5 As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word,^(A) he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.^[a](B)

²¹ But he replied to them, ‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.’^(A)

⁷ He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.^(A)