Matthew 4:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Iesus walking by the sea of Galile, sawe two brethren, Simon, which was called Peter, and Andrewe his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers.)

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  • John 1:40-42 : 40 Andrewe, Simon Peters brother, was one of the two which had heard it of Iohn, and that followed him. 41 The same founde his brother Simon first, and said vnto him, We haue founde that Messias, which is by interpretation, that Christ. 42 And he brought him to Iesus; Iesus behelde him, and saide, Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.
  • Matt 10:2 : 2 Nowe the names of the twelue Apostles are these. The first is Simon, called Peter, and Andrewe his brother: Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother.
  • Matt 15:29 : 29 So Iesus went away from thence, and came neere vnto the sea of Galile, and went vp into a mountaine and sate downe there.
  • Luke 6:14 : 14 (Simon whome he named also Peter, and Andrewe his brother, Iames and Iohn, Philippe and Bartlemewe:
  • Matt 1:16-18 : 16 And Iacob begat Ioseph ye husbad of Mary, of whom was borne Iesvs, that is called Christ. 17 So all the generations fro Abraham to Dauid, are fourtene generations; fro Dauid vntil they were caried away into Babylon, fourtene generations: and after they were caried away into Babylon vntill Christ, fourteene generations. 18 Nowe the birth of Iesvs Christ was thus, When as his mother Mary was betrothed to Ioseph, before they came together, shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I will builde my Church: and ye gates of hel shal not ouercome it.
  • John 6:1 : 1 After these thinges, Iesus went his way ouer the sea of Galile, which is Tiberias.
  • John 6:8 : 8 Then saide vnto him one of his disciples, Andrewe, Simon Peters brother,
  • John 21:1 : 1 After these things, Iesus shewed himselfe againe to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias: and thus shewed he himselfe:
  • 1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 But God hath chosen the foolish thinges of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weake thinges of the worlde, to confound the mightie things, 28 And vile things of the worlde and thinges which are despised, hath God chosen, and thinges which are not, to bring to nought thinges that are, 29 That no flesh shoulde reioyce in his presence.
  • Mark 1:16-20 : 16 And as he walked by the sea of Galile, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, (for they were fishers.) 17 Then Iesus said vnto them, Folow me, and I will make you to be fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsooke their nets, and folowed him. 19 And when hee had gone a litle further thence, he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother, as they were in the ship, mending their nets. 20 And anon hee called them: and they left their father Zebedeus in the shippe with his hired seruants, and went their way after him.
  • Mark 7:31 : 31 And hee departed againe from the coastes of Tyrus and Sidon, and came vnto the sea of Galile, through the middes of the coastes of Decapolis.
  • Luke 5:1-9 : 1 Then it came to passe, as the people preassed vpon him to heare the word of God, that he stoode by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And sawe two shippes stand by the lakes side, but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nettes. 3 And he entred into one of the ships, which was Simons, & required him that he would thrust off a litle from the land: and he sate downe, and taught the people out of the ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he sayd vnto Simon, Lanch out into the deepe, and let downe your nettes to make a draught. 5 Then Simon answered, and sayd vnto him, Master, we haue trauailed sore all night, & haue taken nothing: neuerthelesse at thy worde I will let downe the net. 6 And when they had so done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, so that their net brake. 7 And they beckened to their parteners, which were in the other ship, that they shoulde come and helpe them, who came then, and filled both the ships, that they did sinke. 8 Now when Simon Peter saw it, he fel down at Iesus knees, saying, Lord, go from me: for I am a sinfull man. 9 For he was vtterly astonied, and all that were with him, for the draught of fishes which they tooke. 10 And so was also Iames & Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus, which were companions with Simon. Then Iesus sayde vnto Simon, Feare not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 11 And when they had brought the ships to land, they forsooke all, and followed him.
  • Exod 3:1 : 1 When Moses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, Priest of Midian, & droue the flocke to the backe side of the desert, and came to the Mountaine of God, Horeb,
  • Exod 3:10 : 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee vnto Pharaoh, that thou maiest bring my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
  • Num 34:11 : 11 And the coast shall goe downe from Shepham to Riblah, and from the Eastside of Ain: and the same border shall descend and goe out at the side of the sea of Chinnereth Eastward.
  • Deut 3:17 : 17 The plaine also and Iorden, and the borders from Chinnereth euen vnto the Sea of the plaine, to wit, the salt Sea vnder the springs of Pisgah Eastwarde.
  • Judg 6:11-12 : 11 And the Angell of the Lord came, and sate vnder the oke which was in Ophrah, that perteined vnto Ioash the father of the Ezrites, and his sonne Gideon threshed wheate by the winepresse, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him, and said vnto him, The Lord is with thee, thou valiant man.
  • 1 Kgs 19:19-21 : 19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the sonne of Shaphat who was plowing with twelue yoke of oxen before him, and was with the twelft: & Eliiah went towards him, and cast his mantel vpon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliiah, and sayde, Let mee, I pray thee, kisse my father and my mother, and then I wil follow thee. Who answered him, Go, returne: for what haue I done to thee? 21 And whe he went backe againe from him, he tooke a couple of oxen, and slewe them, and sod their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gaue vnto the people, and they did eate: then he arose and went after Eliiah, and ministred vnto him.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose Dauid also his seruant, and tooke him from the shepefolds. 71 Euen from behinde the ewes with yong brought he him to feede his people in Iaakob, and his inheritance in Israel. 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart, and guided them by the discretion of his hands.
  • Amos 7:14-15 : 14 Then answered Amos, & said to Amaziah, I was no Prophet, neither was I a prophets sonne, but I was an herdman, & a gatherer of wilde figs. 15 And the Lord tooke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 1:16-20
    5 verses
    95%

    16And as he walked by the sea of Galile, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, (for they were fishers.)

    17Then Iesus said vnto them, Folow me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

    18And straightway they forsooke their nets, and folowed him.

    19And when hee had gone a litle further thence, he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother, as they were in the ship, mending their nets.

    20And anon hee called them: and they left their father Zebedeus in the shippe with his hired seruants, and went their way after him.

  • Matt 4:19-22
    4 verses
    89%

    19And he sayd vnto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

    20And they straightway leauing the nets, folowed him.

    21And when he was gone forth from thence, he saw other two brethren, Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother in a ship with Zebedeus their father, mending their nets, & he called them.

    22And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.

  • Luke 5:1-11
    11 verses
    81%

    1Then it came to passe, as the people preassed vpon him to heare the word of God, that he stoode by the lake of Gennesaret,

    2And sawe two shippes stand by the lakes side, but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nettes.

    3And he entred into one of the ships, which was Simons, & required him that he would thrust off a litle from the land: and he sate downe, and taught the people out of the ship.

    4Now when he had left speaking, he sayd vnto Simon, Lanch out into the deepe, and let downe your nettes to make a draught.

    5Then Simon answered, and sayd vnto him, Master, we haue trauailed sore all night, & haue taken nothing: neuerthelesse at thy worde I will let downe the net.

    6And when they had so done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, so that their net brake.

    7And they beckened to their parteners, which were in the other ship, that they shoulde come and helpe them, who came then, and filled both the ships, that they did sinke.

    8Now when Simon Peter saw it, he fel down at Iesus knees, saying, Lord, go from me: for I am a sinfull man.

    9For he was vtterly astonied, and all that were with him, for the draught of fishes which they tooke.

    10And so was also Iames & Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus, which were companions with Simon. Then Iesus sayde vnto Simon, Feare not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

    11And when they had brought the ships to land, they forsooke all, and followed him.

  • John 21:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6Then he said vnto them, Cast out the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall finde. So they cast out, & they were not able at all to draw it, for the multitude of fishes.

    7Therefore said the disciple whom Iesus loued, vnto Peter, It is the Lord. When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lorde, he girded his coate to him (for he was naked) and cast himselfe into the sea.

    8But the other disciples came by shippe (for they were not farre from land, but about two hundreth cubites) and they drewe the net with fishes.

  • John 21:2-4
    3 verses
    79%

    2There were together Simon Peter, & Thomas, which is called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galile, and the sonnes of Zebedeus, and two other of his disciples.

    3Simon Peter said vnto them, I go a fishing. They said vnto him, We also will goe with thee. They went their way & entred into a ship straightway, and that night caught they nothing.

    4But when the morning was nowe come, Iesus stoode on the shore: neuerthelesse the disciples knewe not that it was Iesus.

  • John 1:39-43
    5 verses
    78%

    39He saide vnto them, Come, and see. They came and sawe where hee dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth houre.

    40Andrewe, Simon Peters brother, was one of the two which had heard it of Iohn, and that followed him.

    41The same founde his brother Simon first, and said vnto him, We haue founde that Messias, which is by interpretation, that Christ.

    42And he brought him to Iesus; Iesus behelde him, and saide, Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.

    43The day following, Iesus woulde goe into Galile, and founde Philip, and said vnto him, Followe me.

  • Matt 10:2
    78%

    2Nowe the names of the twelue Apostles are these. The first is Simon, called Peter, and Andrewe his brother: Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother.

  • Luke 6:14
    78%

    14(Simon whome he named also Peter, and Andrewe his brother, Iames and Iohn, Philippe and Bartlemewe:

  • Mark 2:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13Then he went foorth againe towarde the sea, and all the people resorted vnto him, and he taught them.

    14And as Iesus passed by, hee sawe Leui the sonne of Alpheus sit at the receit of custome, and said vnto him, Folowe me; he arose and followed him.

  • Matt 4:17
    76%

    17From that time Iesus began to preach, and to say, Amende your liues: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.

  • John 21:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10Iesus saide vnto them, Bring of the fishes, which ye haue nowe caught.

    11Simon Peter stepped foorth and drewe the net to land, full of great fishes, an hundreth, fiftie and three: and albeit there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

  • Matt 9:9
    76%

    9And as Iesus passed foorth from thence, hee sawe a man sitting at the custome, named Matthewe, and saide to him, Followe me; he arose, and followed him.

  • Mark 1:29
    75%

    29And assoone as they were come out of the Synagogue, they entred into the house of Symon and Andrew, with Iames and Iohn.

  • Mark 3:18
    74%

    18And Andrew, and Philippe, & Bartlemew, and Matthewe, and Thomas, and Iames, the sonne of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,

  • Matt 17:27
    74%

    27Neuerthelesse, lest we should offend them: goe to the sea, and cast in an angle, and take the first fish that commeth vp, and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt finde a piece of twentie pence: that take, and giue it vnto them for me and thee.

  • Mark 1:36
    73%

    36And Simon, and they that were with him, followed carefully after him.

  • Luke 8:22
    73%

    22And it came to passe on a certaine day, that he went into a ship with his disciples, and he sayd vnto them, Let vs goe ouer vnto the other side of the lake; they lanched forth.

  • Luke 5:27
    73%

    27And after that, he went foorth and sawe a Publicane named Leui, sitting at the receite of custome, and sayd vnto him, Follow me.

  • Mark 6:48
    73%

    48And he saw them troubled in rowing, (for the winde was contrary vnto them) and about the fourth watch of the night, hee came vnto them, walking vpon the sea, and would haue passed by them.

  • John 1:37
    73%

    37And the two disciples heard him speake, and followed Iesus.

  • Mark 4:1
    73%

    1And hee began againe to teache by the sea side, and there gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that hee entred into a shippe, and sate in the sea, and all the people was by the sea side on the land.

  • Matt 14:29
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    29And he saide, Come; when Peter was come downe out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to goe to Iesus.

  • Mark 3:13
    72%

    13Then hee went vp into a mountaine, and called vnto him whome he woulde, and they came vnto him.