John 21:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ Simon Peter said to [the rest of] them, “I am going fishing.” The others replied to him, “We will go with you, too.” [So], they went out and got into their boat but did not catch anything that night.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing! They said to him, And we are coming with you! So they went out and got into the boat, and throughout that night they caught nothing.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also come with thee. They went forth, and entered into the boat; and that night they took nothing.

Common English Bible

³ Simon Peter told them, “I’m going fishing.” They said, “We’ll go with you.” They set out in a boat, but throughout the night they caught nothing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "And we are going with you." And they went and climbed into the ship. And in that night, they caught nothing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Simon Peter saith to them: I go a fishing. They say to him: We also come with thee. And they went forth, and entered into the ship: and that night they caught nothing.

John 21:3 Cross References

Luke 5:5

Simon replied, “Master, we worked all night, but did not catch anything. But I will lower the nets if you say so.”

John 21:4

Now as the day was dawning Jesus was [seen] standing on the shore, but the disciples did not know it was Jesus. [Note: Probably because it was not light enough yet].

Acts 18:3

and, because they followed the same trade of tent making, he stayed with them and went to work [for them].

Acts 20:34

You [also] know that I worked with my own hands to provide not only my own needs, but the needs of those who were with me.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So then, it does not matter who plants or who waters, but [it is] God who matters, for He makes the seed grow.

1 Corinthians 9:6

Or, are Barnabas and I the only ones who must have a [secular] job for our living?

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you brothers remember how we labored and toiled, working hard night and day, so that we would not burden any of you [while] we proclaimed to you the Gospel of God.