Matthew 4:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Mark 1:17-18 : 17 and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;' 18 and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,
  • John 12:26 : 26 if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me -- honour him will the Father.
  • Mark 2:14 : 14 and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.
  • Luke 5:27 : 27 And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;'
  • Luke 9:59 : 59 And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'
  • John 1:43 : 43 On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, `Be following me.'
  • Luke 5:10-11 : 10 and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, `Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;' 11 and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.
  • John 21:22 : 22 Jesus saith to him, `If him I will to remain till I come, what -- to thee? be thou following me.' This word, therefore, went forth to the brethren that that disciple doth not die,
  • 1 Cor 9:20-22 : 20 and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain; 21 to those without law, as without law -- (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) -- that I might gain those without law; 22 I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.
  • 2 Cor 12:16 : 16 And be it `so', I -- I did not burden you, but being crafty, with guile I did take you;
  • Matt 19:21 : 21 Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'
  • Ezek 47:9-9 : 9 And it hath come to pass, every living creature that teemeth, whithersoever the streams come, doth live: and there hath been great abundance of fish, for these waters have come thither, and they are healed; and every thing whither the stream cometh hath lived. 10 And it hath come to pass, fishers do stand by it, from En-Gedi even unto En-Eglaim; a spreading place of nets they are; according to their own kind is their fish, as the fish of the great sea, very many.
  • Matt 8:22 : 22 and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 1:16-20
    5 verses
    96%

    16And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers,

    17and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'

    18and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

    19And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, 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.

  • Matt 4:17-18
    2 verses
    89%

    17From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

    18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers --

  • Matt 4:20-22
    3 verses
    87%

    20and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

    21And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,

    22and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

  • Luke 5:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took,

    10and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, `Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;'

    11and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

  • Luke 5:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    4And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, `Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;'

    5and Simon answering said to him, `Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.'

    6And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking,

    7and they beckoned to the partners, who `are' in the other boat, having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.

  • John 1:42-43
    2 verses
    78%

    42and he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, `Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,' (which is interpreted, A rock.)

    43On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, `Be following me.'

  • Matt 9:9
    78%

    9And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

  • John 21:6
    77%

    6they answered him, `No;' and he said to them, `Cast the net at the right side of the boat, and ye shall find;' they cast, therefore, and no longer were they able to draw it, from the multitude of the fishes.

  • John 21:3
    77%

    3Simon Peter saith to them, `I go away to fish;' they say to him, `We go -- we also -- with thee;' they went forth and entered into the boat immediately, and on that night they caught nothing.

  • Mark 2:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,

    14and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

  • John 21:10
    76%

    10Jesus saith to them, `Bring ye from the fishes that ye caught now;'

  • John 1:37-39
    3 verses
    75%

    37and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

    38And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, `What seek ye?' and they said to them, `Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'

    39He saith to them, `Come and see;' they came, and saw where he doth remain, and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth.

  • Mark 1:36
    74%

    36and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,

  • Luke 5:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;'

    28and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

  • Matt 8:19
    74%

    19and a certain scribe having come, said to him, `Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'

  • Luke 9:57
    74%

    57And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

  • Mark 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;

    14and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach,

  • Matt 8:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

    23And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

  • John 21:19
    73%

    19and this he said, signifying by what death he shall glorify God; and having said this, he saith to him, `Be following me.'

  • Luke 5:2
    72%

    2and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,

  • Matt 19:27
    72%

    27Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?'

  • Mark 10:28
    72%

    28And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'

  • Matt 16:24
    72%

    24Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

  • Luke 18:28
    72%

    28And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;'

  • Mark 8:34
    72%

    34And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

  • Mark 1:38
    71%

    38and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.'

  • Matt 19:2
    71%

    2and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Matt 17:27
    71%

    27but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'

  • Matt 14:29
    71%

    29and he said, `Come;' and having gone down from the boat, Peter walked upon the waters to come unto Jesus,

  • Matt 28:19
    71%

    19having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

  • Mark 1:29
    70%

    29And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John,