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Matthew 4:19
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“Follow me,”
And he saith vnto them, Follow mee: and I will make you fishers of men.
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people."
Jesus said, "Come follow me, and I will make you fish for people."
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."
And he sayd vnto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
And He *said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
"Come, follow Me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."
Jesus said to them, "Come with me! I will teach you how to bring in people instead of fish."
and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you a different kind of fishermen. You will bring in people, not fish."
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Jesus said to them, "Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people."
And he said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of people."
And He says to them, Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.
And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
He said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers for men."
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And Jeshu said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
And Jesus said to them: Follow me; and I will cause you to become fishers of men.
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And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
He said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers for men."
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And he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
He said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."
Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." rm820They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
Jesus called out to them, "Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!"
Jesus said to them, "Follow Me. I will make you fish for men!"
And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people."
and he saith unto them, Come after me, - and I will make you fishers, of men.
And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.
And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
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and he said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men:
"Come and ride with me," Jesus said to 'em, "and help me gather mavericks. I'll make you gatherers of men."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Follow: Matthew 8:22, Matthew 9:9, Matthew 16:24, Matthew 19:21, Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27, Luke 9:59, John 1:43, John 12:26, John 21:22
I will: Ezekiel 47:9, Ezekiel 47:10, Mark 1:17, Mark 1:18, Luke 5:10, Luke 5:11, 1 Corinthians 9:20-22, 2 Corinthians 12:16
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:1 - kept 1 Kings 19:19 - he with Proverbs 11:30 - and Song of Solomon 2:10 - Rise Amos 7:15 - took Matthew 13:47 - a net Luke 18:28 - General
Cross-References
Adonai , God, said, "It isn't good that the person should be alone. I will make for him a companion suitable for helping him."
This is why a man is to leave his father and mother and stick with his wife, and they are to be one flesh.
and Hevel too brought from the firstborn of his sheep, including their fat. Adonai accepted Hevel and his offering
Adonai said to Kayin, "Why are you angry? Why so downcast?
He answered, "Moshe allowed you to divorce your wives because your hearts are so hardened. But this is not how it was at the beginning.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he saith unto them, follow me,.... These two brethren had been the disciples of John, as Theophylact thinks, and which seems agreeable to John 1:35 and though through John's pointing out Christ unto them, they had some knowledge of him, and conversation with him, yet they abode with him but for that day, John 1:37 and afterwards returned to their master; and upon his imprisonment, betook themselves to their former employment: from whence Christ now calls them to be his disciples, saying "follow me", or "come after me": that is, be a disciple of mine; see
Luke 14:27. And to encourage them to it, makes use of this argument; "and", or "for", I "will make you fishers of men": you shall be fishers still, but in a higher sense; and in a far more noble employment, and to much better purpose. The net they were to spread and cast was the Gospel, see Matthew 13:47 for Christ made them not
××××× ×ª×ר×, "fishers of the law", to use the words of Maimonides g, but fishers of the Gospel. The sea into which they were to cast the net was first Judea, and then the whole world; the fish they were to catch were the souls of men, both among Jews and Gentiles; of whose conversion and faith they were to be the happy instruments: now none could make them fishers in this sense, or fit them for such service, and succeed them in it, but Christ; and who here promises it unto them.
g Hilcot. Talmud. Torah, c. 1. sect. 12. so Dr. Lightfoot cites the phrase, but in Ed. Amsterd. it is ××× × ×ª×ר×, "the judgments of the law".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Fishers of men - Ministers or preachers of the gospel, whose business it shall be to win souls to Christ.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 4:19. Follow me — Come after me, Î´ÎµÏ Ïε οÏιÏÏ Î¼Î¿Ï . Receive my doctrines, imitate me in my conduct - in every respect be my disciples. We may observe that most of the calls of God to man are expressed in a few solemn words, which alarm, the conscience, and deeply impress the heart.
I will make you fishers of men. — Ezekiel Ezekiel 47:8-10, casts much light on this place; and to this prophet our Lord probably alludes. To follow Christ, and be admitted into a partnership of his ministry, is a great honour; but those only who are by himself fitted for it, God calls. Miserable are those who do not wait for this call - who presume to take the name of fishers of men, and know not how to cast the net of the Divine word, because not brought to an acquaintance with the saving power of the God who bought them. Such persons, having only their secular interest in view, study not to catch men, but to catch money: and though, for charity's sake, it may be said of a pastor of this spirit, he does not enter the sheepfold as a thief, yet he certainly lives as a hireling. See Quesnel.
Some teach to work, but have no hands to row;
Some will be eyes, but have no light to see;
Some will be guides, but have no feet to go;
Some deaf, yet ears, some dumb, yet tongues will be;
Dumb, deaf, lame, blind, and maimed, yet fishers all!
Fit for no use but store an hospital.
Fletcher's Piscatory Eclogues. Ec. iv. 5, 18.
Following a person, in the Jewish phrase, signifies being his disciple or scholar. See a similar mode of speech, 2 Kings 6:19.
