Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of 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.
Goodspeed New Testament
He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for 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."
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 And as he was walking by the see of Galilee, he saw two brothers??imon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother??asting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 "Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men." 20 And they dropped their nets at once, and followed him.
Names
Cross References
Mark 1:17-18
so Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."
Mark 2:14
As he was passing by he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office; and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.
Luke 5:10-11
and so were Simon's partners, James and John, sons of Zebedee.) But Jesus answered Simon. "Fear not; from this time on, you will be catching men."
Luke 5:27
After this he went forth and noticed a tax-gatherer, named Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."
Luke 9:59
To another he said, "Follow me!" But he replied, "Permit me first to go and bury my father."
John 1:43
Next day Jesus decided to go into Galilee; and he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."
John 12:26
If any one is ready to serve me, let him follow me; and where I am there shall my servant be also. If any man is ready to serve me, him will my Father honor.
John 21:22
"If I choose that he remain until I come," said Jesus, "what is that to you? Do you follow me."
1 Corinthians 9:20-22
To the Jews I am become like a Jew, that I may win Jews; to those under the Law, like one under the Law, though I am not under the Law, myself;
2 Corinthians 12:16
But though it be granted that I was not a burden to you, yet, you say, this was my cunning with which I caught you by a trick.
Matthew 8:22
"Follow me," Jesus said to him, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
Matthew 9:9
As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.
Matthew 19:21
"If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."