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

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

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.

For though I am free from all, yet I have made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more.

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:

let him know that he, who turneth back a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

as snatching them out of the fire: hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

for the Son of man came from thence to save that which was lost.

Do not ye say, it is yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, lift up your eyes, and see the fields, they are already white for harvest.

for I could wish that I myself were made a curse after the manner of Christ, for my brethren, my kindred according to the flesh;

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.

I extol my office, that if possible I may excite to emulation my brethren according to the flesh, and may save some of them:

To the weak I became as the weak, that I might gain the weak: I became all things to all men, that I might by every means save some.