Luke 5:11

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When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

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Galilee was the northern region where Jesus called these fishermen beside the Lake of Gennesaret (the Sea of Galilee); their leaving everything marks the decisive response to his call. Jerusalem and Judea, mentioned later in the chapter, frame the wider Jewish setting from which people came to hear Jesus.

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Luke 5:11 mentions Galilee, Gennesaret, Jerusalem and Judea.

Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש
Gennesaret · יעקב
Jerusalem · Godot13
Judea · Davidbena

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