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Literal Standard Version

Mark 1:17

and Jesus said to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men";

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Call;   Faith;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Obedience;   Peter;   Self-Denial;   Scofield Reference Index - Repentance;   Thompson Chain Reference - Apostles;   Call, Divine;   Christ;   Disciples;   Leaders;   Religious;   Soul-Winners;   Work-Workers, Religious;   The Topic Concordance - Following;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Self-Denial;   Shoes;   Titles and Names of Ministers;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Disciple;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disciple, Discipleship;   Work;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Andrew;   Fisher;   Fishing, the Art of;   Galilee, Sea of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Capernaum;   Jesus Christ;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   Peter;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Family;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Net;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John the Apostle;   Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Apostles;   Business (2);   Call, Calling;   Capernaum;   Coming to Christ;   Consciousness;   Dates (2);   Discipline (2);   Enthusiasm;   Fish, Fisher, Fishing;   Following;   Forsaking All;   Holy Spirit (2);   Incarnation (2);   James and John, the Sons of Zebedee;   John (the Apostle);   Labour (2);   Manuscripts;   Peter;   Poet;   Promise (2);   Religious Experience;   Wealth (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Peter;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fishers;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Andrew;   Fish;   Fisher;   James;   John, the Apostle;   Peter, Simon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Simon Cephas;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 22;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for May 29;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for June 13;  

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

Contextual Overview

14And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God, 15and saying, "The time has been fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God has come near, convert and believe in the good news." 16And walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon, and his brother Andrew, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers, 17and Jesus said to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men";18and immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him. 19And having gone on there a little, He saw James of Zebedee, and his brother John, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, 20and immediately He called them, and having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after Him. 21And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the Sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, He was teaching, 22and they were astonished at His teaching, for He was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

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

Genesis 9:13
My bow I have given in the cloud, and it has been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
Job 38:12
Have you commanded morning since your days? Do you cause the dawn to know its place?
Psalms 8:1
TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord, || How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth, || Who have set Your splendor on the heavens!
Psalms 8:3
For I see Your heavens, a work of Your fingers, || [The] moon and stars that You established.
Acts 13:47
for so the LORD has commanded us: I have set you for a light of nations—for your being for salvation to the end of the earth."

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;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 4:18-22.


 
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