Jesus said, 'Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers of men" Jesus called Peter, James and John, Simon and Andrew. Levi, whom we call Matthew, was also called to become one of his disciples. Philip, Thomas, Bartholemew, Thomas and James, son of Alphaeus (sometimes called James the Lesser) were also disciples. Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot are the other three disciples of Jesus.