Matthew 4:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Mark 1:17-18 : 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.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man serue me, let him followe me: for where I am, there shall also my seruant be: and if any man serue me, him will my Father honour.
  • Mark 2:14 : 14 And 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.
  • Luke 5:27 : 27 And after that, he went foorth and sawe a Publicane named Leui, sitting at the receite of custome, and sayd vnto him, Follow me.
  • Luke 9:59 : 59 But he said vnto another, Followe me; the same said, Lord, suffer me first to goe and burie my father.
  • John 1:43 : 43 The day following, Iesus woulde goe into Galile, and founde Philip, and said vnto him, Followe me.
  • Luke 5:10-11 : 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.
  • John 21:22 : 22 Iesus said vnto him, If I will that he tarie till I come, what is it to thee? followe thou me.
  • 1 Cor 9:20-22 : 20 And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as though I were vnder the Lawe, that I may winne them that are vnder the Lawe: 21 To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe: 22 To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.
  • 2 Cor 12:16 : 16 But bee it that I charged you not: yet for as much as I was craftie, I tooke you with guile.
  • Matt 19:21 : 21 Iesus sayd vnto him, If thou wilt be perfite, go, sell that thou hast, & giue it to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, & come, and followe me.
  • Ezek 47:9-9 : 9 And euery thing that liueth, which moueth, wheresoeuer the riuers shal come, shal liue, and there shalbe a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be wholesome, and euery thing shall liue whither the riuer commeth. 10 And then the fishers shall stand vpon it, and from En-gedi euen vnto En-eglaim, they shall spread out their nettes: for their fish shalbe according to their kindes, as the fishe of the maine sea, exceeding many.
  • Matt 8:22 : 22 But Iesus said vnto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead.
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 And 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 1:16-20
    5 verses
    96%

    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 4:17-18
    2 verses
    89%

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

    18And 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.)

  • Matt 4:20-22
    3 verses
    87%

    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 5:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Luke 5:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

  • John 1:42-43
    2 verses
    78%

    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 9:9
    78%

    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.

  • John 21:6
    77%

    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.

  • John 21:3
    77%

    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.

  • 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.

  • John 21:10
    76%

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

  • John 1:37-39
    3 verses
    75%

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

    38Then Iesus turned about, and saw them followe, and saide vnto them, What seeke ye? And they saide vnto him, Rabbi (which is to say by interpretation, Master) where dwellest thou?

    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.

  • Mark 1:36
    74%

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

  • Luke 5:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

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

    28And he left all, rose vp, and folowed him.

  • Matt 8:19
    74%

    19Then came there a certaine Scribe, and said vnto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoeuer thou goest.

  • Luke 9:57
    74%

    57And it came to passe that as they went in the way, a certaine man said vnto him, I will followe thee, Lord, whithersoeuer thou goest.

  • Mark 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

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

    14And hee appoynted twelue that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preache,

  • Matt 8:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22But Iesus said vnto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead.

    23And when he was entred into ye ship, his disciples followed him.

  • John 21:19
    73%

    19And this spake he signifying by what death he shoulde glorifie God; when he had said this, he said to him, Folowe me.

  • Luke 5:2
    72%

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

  • Matt 19:27
    72%

    27Then answered Peter, and said to him, Beholde, we haue forsaken all, and followed thee: what therefore shall we haue?

  • Mark 10:28
    72%

    28Then Peter began to say vnto him, Loe, we haue forsaken all, & haue folowed thee.

  • Matt 16:24
    72%

    24Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.

  • Luke 18:28
    72%

    28Then Peter said, Loe, we haue left all, and haue followed thee.

  • Mark 8:34
    72%

    34And hee called the people vnto him with his disciples, and saide vnto them, Whosoeuer will followe me, let him forsake himselfe, and take vp his crosse, and follow me.

  • Mark 1:38
    71%

    38Then he said vnto them, Let vs go into the next townes, that I may preach there also: for I came out for that purpose.

  • Matt 19:2
    71%

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

  • Matt 17:27
    71%

    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.

  • Matt 14:29
    71%

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

  • Matt 28:19
    71%

    19Go therefore, & teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Sonne, and the holy Ghost,

  • Mark 1:29
    70%

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