Mark 1:17

New Living Translation

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

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 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

¹⁴ Later on, after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, where he preached God's Good News. ¹⁵ "The time promised by God has come at last!" he announced. "The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!" ¹⁶ One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. ¹⁷ Jesus called out to them, "Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!" ¹⁸ And they left their nets at once and followed him. ¹⁹ A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee's sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets. ²⁰ He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men. ²¹ Jesus and his companions went to the town of Capernaum. When the Sabbath day came, he went into the synagogue and began to teach. ²² The people were amazed at his teaching, for he taught with real authority—quite unlike the teachers of religious law.

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
I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.

Job 38:12
"Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?

Psalms 8:1

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.

O Lord , our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.

Psalms 8:3
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—

Acts 13:47
For the Lord gave us this command when he said, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners 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.