Jill Bevilacqua looks at this Sunday’s Gospel reading in her programme, "There’s
more in the Sunday Gospel than meets the eye” . Listen: Gospel Mt
4:12-23 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew
to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in
the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah
the prophet might be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the
way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the
people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in
a land overshadowed by death light has arisen. From that
time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.” As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon
who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea;
they were fishermen. He said to them, “Come after me, and I will
make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. He
walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee,
and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending
their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their
father and followed him. He went around all of Galilee, teaching
in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every
disease and illness among the people.