19and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.


In Context

16 the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in the country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.

17 From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

18 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;

19 and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

20 And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.

21 And going on thence he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their trawl-nets, and he called them;

Matthew 4:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:19"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:19And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:19And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:19And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:19And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:19He said to them, |Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:19and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:19And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.