Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for men!"
New American Standard Bible
And He *said to them,
King James Version
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"Follow me," he told them, "and I will make you fishers of people!"
A Conservative Version
And he says to them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men.
American Standard Version
And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Amplified
And He said to them,
An Understandable Version
And He said to them, "Come with me, and I will make you fishermen for people."
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Common New Testament
And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and he said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men:
Darby Translation
and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Godbey New Testament
And He says to them, Follow after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
John Wesley New Testament
And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Julia Smith Translation
And he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you the fishermen of men.
King James 2000
And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "{Follow me} and I will make you fishers of people."
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Moffatt New Testament
so he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."
Montgomery New Testament
"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."
NET Bible
He said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."
New Heart English Bible
And he said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."
Noyes New Testament
And he saith to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Sawyer New Testament
And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishermen of men.
The Emphasized Bible
and he saith unto them, Come after me, - and I will make you fishers, of men.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Come and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will set you to fish for men."
Webster
And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Weymouth New Testament
And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Williams New Testament
He said to them, "Come! Follow me, and I will make you fishermen for catching men."
World English Bible
He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."
Worrell New Testament
And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Worsley New Testament
and He saith unto them, Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men:
Youngs Literal Translation
and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'
Themes
Andrew » A personal worker » Responded immediately when called
Call » To special religious duty » Apostles
Christian ministers » Called » Fishers of men
Faith » Instances of faith in Christ » Peter
Faith » Instances of faith in Christ » Andrew
Following » The reward for following jesus Christ
Galilee » Sea (lake) of galilee » Jesus calls disciples on the shore of
Topics
Interlinear
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 4:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
18 As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for men!" 20 They immediately dropped their nets and went with him.
Names
Cross References
Mark 1:17-18
Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."
Mark 2:14
And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.
Luke 5:10-11
and so were Zebedee's sons, James and John, who were Simon's partners. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you are to catch men!"
Luke 5:27
After this he went out, and he saw a tax-collector named Levi sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!"
Luke 9:59
He said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go and bury my father."
John 12:26
If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and wherever I am found, my servant must be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.
John 21:22
Jesus said to him, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you? You must follow me."
1 Corinthians 9:20-22
To the Jews I have become like a Jew, to win Jews over; to men under the Law I have become like a man under the Law, though I am not myself under the Law, so as to win over those who are under the Law.
2 Corinthians 12:16
But granting that I did not burden you myself, I was clever about it, you say, and took you in by a trick.
Matthew 8:22
But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!"
Matthew 9:9
Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."