Matthew 4:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 1:40-42 : 40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus. 41 Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ). 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).
  • Matt 10:2 : 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;
  • Matt 15:29 : 29 And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.
  • 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
  • Matt 1:16-18 : 16 And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the taking away to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the taking away to Babylon to the coming of Christ, fourteen generations. 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
  • John 6:1 : 1 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.
  • John 6:8 : 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,
  • John 21:1 : 1 After these things Jesus let himself be seen again by the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and it came about in this way.
  • 1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong; 28 And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are: 29 So that no flesh might have glory before God.
  • Mark 1:16-20 : 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.
  • Mark 7:31 : 31 And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.
  • Luke 5:1-9 : 1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret; 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; 10 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. 11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.
  • Exod 3:1 : 1 Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  • Exod 3:10 : 10 Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
  • Num 34:11 : 11 Going down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain, and on as far as the east side of the sea of Chinnereth:
  • Deut 3:17 : 17 As well as the Arabah, with the river Jordan as their limit, from Chinnereth to the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
  • Judg 6:11-12 : 11 Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it. 12 And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.
  • 1 Kgs 19:19-21 : 19 So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him. 20 And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you? 21 And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks; 71 From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage. 72 So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.
  • Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees: 15 And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.

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  • Mark 1:16-20
    5 verses
    95%

    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 4:19-22
    4 verses
    89%

    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 5:1-11
    11 verses
    81%

    1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

    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;

    10 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.

    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
    79%

    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.

  • John 21:2-4
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

    4 Now very early in the morning Jesus was there by the edge of the sea (though the disciples were not conscious that it was Jesus).

  • John 1:39-43
    5 verses
    78%

    39 He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

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

    41 Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).

    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.

  • Matt 10:2
    78%

    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;

  • Luke 6:14
    78%

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

  • Mark 2:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13 And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

    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.

  • Matt 4:17
    76%

    17 From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

  • 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.

  • Matt 9:9
    76%

    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 1:29
    75%

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

  • Mark 3:18
    74%

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

  • Matt 17:27
    74%

    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.

  • Mark 1:36
    73%

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

  • Luke 8:22
    73%

    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.

  • Luke 5:27
    73%

    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.

  • Mark 6:48
    73%

    48 And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

  • John 1:37
    73%

    37 Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

  • Mark 4:1
    73%

    1 And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

  • Matt 14:29
    73%

    29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

  • Mark 3:13
    72%

    13 And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.