Matthew 4:18 Douay-Rheims

And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).

Hilary of Poitiers

c. A.D. 310–367 Patristic

By this that they left their occupation and their father’s house we are taught, that when we would follow Christ we should not be holden of the cares of secular life, or of the society of the paternal mansion.

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A.D. 367 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 4:18-22

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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