When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also [were] in the boat mending their nets.

And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.

And He permitted no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask."

And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed.

Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the [sons] of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?"

Jesus said to him, "If I will that he remain till I come, what [is that] to you? You follow Me."

This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

Now about that time Herod the king stretched out [his] hand to harass some from the church.

"Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins.

"[Is] not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer [that] breaks the rock in pieces?

For the word of God [is] living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

And he said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings."