Two disciples of John the Baptist decided they would rather follow Jesus. One of them was Andrew, and he introduced Jesus to his brother Peter. Then Jesus went to a lake, where he met two pairs of brothers who were fishing. One of those pairs was Peter and Andrew. When he said he could teach them how to fish for people, they immediately abandoned their task and followed him.
Jesus’s new followers followed his example by immediately abandoning their families when he called them. Jesus required them to do this, because dividing families was his purpose in life. He promised to give each of them a hundred new families, because Jesus thinks families are replaceable. In total, Jesus chose twelve men to be his main disciples, also known as the apostles.
These men were freeloaders, liars, thieves, traitors, anti-Roman terrorists, murderers, devils… and even tax collectors! Jesus didn’t call any righteous people to follow him, because people who are already righteous don’t need Jesus. (Not that knowing Jesus helped. Everything the disciples ever did was actually Jesus’s fault.) Jesus thought his wicked disciples were superior to him, because he was there to serve them. He also thought people who chose to be servants were superior to people who didn’t.
Jesus claimed that he would give his disciples whatever they asked for. So two of them asked to be allowed to sit alongside Jesus in his kingdom. But though they were qualified to do so, Jesus couldn’t grant that request, because he wasn’t God.
The end.
The moral of the story
If a stranger tells you to go with him, stop what you’re doing and go devote the rest of your life to the stranger. Don’t hesitate, don’t ask questions, don’t take anything with you, and don’t say goodbye to your family.