Mark 1:17

Simplified Cowboy Version

Jesus hollered over to 'em and said, "Ride with me and I'll teach you how to gather cowboys."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Follow me,”

King James Version (1611)
And Iesus said vnto them, Come ye after me; and I will make you to become fishers of men.

King James Version
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

English Standard Version
And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men."

New American Standard Bible
And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will have you become fishers of people."

New Century Version
Jesus said to them, "Come follow me, and I will make you fish for people."

Amplified Bible
And Jesus 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."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."

Berean Standard Bible
"Come, follow Me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said to them, "Come with me! I will teach you how to bring in people instead of fish."

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers for men!"

Darby Translation
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men;

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you a different kind of fishermen. You will bring in people, not fish."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iesus said vnto them, Folow me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Good News Translation
Jesus said to them, "Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people."

Lexham English Bible
And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of people."

Literal Translation
And Jesus said to them, Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

American Standard Version
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Bible in Basic English
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."

International Standard Version
Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishermen of people!"

Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of the sons of men.

Murdock Translation
And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus saide vnto them: Folowe me, and I wyll make you to become fysshers of men.

English Revised Version
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

World English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers) And Jesus said to them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus seide to hem, Come ye aftir me; Y schal make you to be maad fisscheris of men.

Update Bible Version
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus said to them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

New English Translation
Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

New King James Version
Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."

New Living Translation
Jesus called out to them, "Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!"

New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "Follow Me. I will make you fish for men!"

New Revised Standard
And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fish for people."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Jesus said unto them - Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus said to them: Come after me; and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Revised Standard Version
And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus sayde vnto them: folowe me and I will make you fisshers of men.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iesus sayde vnto the: Folowe me, and I wil make you fysshers of me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
(for they were fishers) and Jesus said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴After all this, old John was thrown in jail and Jesus went into the Galilee country to tell people the good news. ¹⁵He told 'em, "Y'all been waiting for a long time and the Boss's Green Pasture has made it here. Quit riding in sin and tie hard and fast to the good news." ¹⁶As Jesus rode along telling people this same message over and over, he run into a couple of fellows near the Sea of Galilee. These two cowboys, Simon and Andrew, were gathering some heifers. ¹⁷Jesus hollered over to 'em and said, "Ride with me and I'll teach you how to gather cowboys." ¹⁸They immediately coiled their ropes up and loped off after him. ¹⁹As they were riding, they came upon a cowboy named James and his brother John. ²⁰They were patching a water trough and Jesus told 'em to saddle up and ride with him. James and John left their old dad sitting there as they rode off with Jesus. ²¹The cowboys rode all the way to Capernaum. When the day of rest came (the old timers called it the Sabbath), Jesus went up to the church building and began to give all them folks a clinic on what it means to ride for God. ²²These folks couldn't believe what he was teaching them. It was like he knew what he was talking about instead of being like those other preachers who just wanted to hear themselves talk and make up rules.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fishers: Ezekiel 47:10, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 4:20, Luke 5:10, Acts 2:38-41

Reciprocal: Matthew 10:2 - Simon Matthew 13:47 - a net Matthew 19:27 - we have forsaken Mark 2:14 - Follow me

Cross-References

Acts 13:47
The Lord gave us these orders, 'Y'all are a campfire in the night for all the mavericks to come to. Y'all will help bring salvation to the far corners of the world.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus said unto them, come ye after me,.... Leave your worldly employments, and become my disciples,

and I will make you to become fishers of men: which will be a much more excellent and honourable employment, as men, and the souls of men, are more excellent, and of more worth than fishes;

:-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 4:18-22.