Parallel Verses

Worsley New Testament

and He saith unto them, Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men:

New American Standard Bible

And He *said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

King James Version

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Holman Bible

“Follow Me,” He told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

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, Follow Me [as My disciples, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk], and I will make you fishers of men.”

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."

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."

Youngs Literal Translation

and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

he saith
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045


Usage: 0

δεῦτε 
Deute 
Usage: 3

me
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

I will make
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

ἁλιεύς 
Halieus 
Usage: 3

Context Readings

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

18 Now as Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, He saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; (for they were fishermen:) 19 and He saith unto them, Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men: 20 and they immediately left their nets, and followed Him.



Cross References

Mark 1:17-18

(for they were fishermen,) and Jesus said unto them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men:

Mark 2:14

And as He went along, He saw Levi the son of Alpheus, sitting at the receit of custom, and saith unto him, Follow me: and he rose up and followed Him.

Luke 5:10-11

as were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Be not afraid, from henceforth thou shalt be a captor of men.

Luke 5:27

After these things He went out and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the custom-house, and said to him, Follow me:

Luke 9:59

And He said to another, Follow me: but he said, Lord, permit me to go first and bury my father:

John 1:43

The day following Jesus had a mind to go out into Galilee, and meeting with Philip, saith unto him, Follow me.

John 12:26

If any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: and if any one serve me, him will my Father honour.

John 21:22

Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he stay till I come, what is it to thee? Follow thou me.

1 Corinthians 9:20-22

And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; that is, to those, who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law:

2 Corinthians 12:16

Be it so, that I did not burden you myself, yet, may some say, being crafty I over-reached you by subtilty.

Matthew 8:22

but Jesus said unto him; Do thou follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

Matthew 9:9

And as Jesus was passing from thence, He saw a man sitting at the custom-house, named Matthew; and He saith to him, Follow me: and he rose up and followed Him.

Matthew 16:24

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any one is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me:

Matthew 19:21

Jesus replied, If thou wouldst be perfect, go, sell thy estate, and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me.

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