Luke 5:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

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  • Matt 4:19 : 19 And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
  • Matt 13:47 : 47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:
  • Mark 1:17 : 17 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
  • Luke 5:7 : 7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.
  • Luke 6:14 : 14 Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
  • 2 Cor 8:23 : 23 If any question comes up about Titus, he is my brother-worker, working with me for you; or about the others, they are the representatives of the churches to the glory of Christ.
  • Matt 14:27 : 27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.
  • Matt 20:20 : 20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.
  • Matt 4:21 : 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.
  • Ezek 47:9-9 : 9 And it will come about that every living and moving thing, wherever their streams come, will have life; and there will be very much fish because these waters have come there and have been made sweet: and everything wherever the river comes will have life. 10 And fishermen will take up their places by it: from En-gedi as far as En-eglaim will be a place for the stretching out of nets; the fish will be of every sort, like the fish of the Great Sea, a very great number.

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  • Luke 5:2-9
    8 verses
    84%

    2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

    3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

    4 And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

    5 And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

    6 And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

    7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

    8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

    9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

  • Mark 1:16-20
    5 verses
    82%

    16 And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

    17 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

    18 And they went straight from their nets, and came after him.

    19 And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

    20 And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

  • Matt 4:18-22
    5 verses
    81%

    18 And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

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

    20 And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.

    21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

    22 And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.

  • Luke 5:11
    80%

    11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

  • John 21:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6 And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.

    7 So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.

    8 And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

  • Matt 10:2
    76%

    2 Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

  • John 21:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.

    11 So Peter went to the boat and came back pulling the net to land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and though there was such a number the net was not broken.

  • John 21:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together.

    3 Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish.

  • Luke 6:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew

    15 And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

  • Mark 3:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16 To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;

    17 And to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the second name of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

    18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

  • Mark 1:36
    73%

    36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

  • Mark 1:29
    72%

    29 And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

  • Matt 17:27
    72%

    27 But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

  • John 1:42-43
    2 verses
    71%

    42 And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

    43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

  • Acts 10:5
    70%

    5 Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

  • Mark 10:28
    70%

    28 Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

  • Acts 1:13
    70%

    13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

  • Luke 5:27
    70%

    27 And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

  • Matt 9:9
    69%

    9 And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

  • Mark 5:37
    69%

    37 And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

  • Mark 2:14
    69%

    14 And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.

  • Luke 8:22
    69%

    22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

  • John 1:40
    68%

    40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

  • Acts 8:24
    68%

    24 And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.

  • John 6:19
    68%

    19 After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

  • Matt 14:30
    68%

    30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

  • Matt 10:4
    68%

    4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.