{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"January 25, 2026 \u2014 Matthew 4:12-23 \u2014 by Pastor Nathan Pratt","description":"12\u2006Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.\u202f13\u2006He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,\u202f14\u2006so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: \u200315\u2006\u201cLand of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, \u2003\u2003on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the gentiles\u2014 \u200316\u2006the people who sat in darkness \u2003\u2003have seen a great light, \u2003and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death \u2003\u2003light has dawned.\u201d 17\u2006From that time Jesus began to proclaim, \u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.\u201d  \u2003\u202f18\u2006As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea\u2014for they were fishers.\u202f19\u2006And he said to them, \u201cFollow me, and I will make you fishers of people.\u201d\u202f20\u2006Immediately they left their nets and followed him.\u202f21\u2006As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.\u202f22\u2006Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.  \u2003\u202f23\u2006Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.  ","author_name":"Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church","author_url":"https:\/\/spaceshipchurch.org","html":"