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Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
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Verse 16. We must observe that what Saint Luke mentions, relative to the vocation of the apostles, is antecedent in point of time to what is here related by Saint Mark; since it is known that these disciples on some occasions returned to their fishing, until Jesus called them to be his constant attendants. Theophylactus.
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