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Fishers of Men

AD 27 traditional (Jones)

Passage
Matt 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11
People
Simon, James, Andrew, Zebedee
Places
Sea of Galilee, Gennesaret
Before
Jesus in Capernaum
After
Peter's Mother-in-law and Others Healed

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Divine

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. location not graded: Sea of Galilee
  2. location not graded: Gennesaret

Every verse

All 21 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Matthew5 verses
  1. 4:18

    As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

  2. 4:19

    “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

  3. 4:20

    And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

  4. 4:21

    Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

  5. 4:22

    and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

Mark5 verses
  1. 1:16

    As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

  2. 1:17

    “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

  3. 1:18

    And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

  4. 1:19

    Going on a little farther, He saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat, mending their nets.

  5. 1:20

    Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

Luke11 verses
  1. 5:1

    On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,

  2. 5:2

    He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

  3. 5:3

    Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.

  4. 5:4

    When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

  5. 5:5

    “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

  6. 5:6

    When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.

  7. 5:7

    So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

  8. 5:8

    When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

  9. 5:9

    For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

  10. 5:10

    and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”

  11. 5:11

    And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.