Matthew 4:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ Jesus was walking by Lake Galilee. He saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Simon’s brother Andrew. The two brothers were fishermen and they were fishing in the lake with a net.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ As He was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He noticed two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, throwing a dragnet into the sea, for they were fishermen.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ As Jesus walked alongside the Galilee Sea, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, throwing fishing nets into the sea, because they were fishermen.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And Jesus, walking near the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).

Matthew 4:18 Cross References

Exodus 3:1

Moses’ father-in-law was named Jethro. [15] Jethro was a priest of Midian. Moses took care of Jethro’s sheep. One day, Moses led the sheep to the west side of the desert. Moses went to a mountain called Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.

Exodus 3:10

So now I am sending you to Pharaoh. Go! Lead my people, the people of Israel, out of Egypt!”

Ezekiel 47:10

You can see fishermen standing by the river all the way from En Gedi to En Eglaim. You can see them throwing their fishing nets and catching many kinds of fish. There are as many kinds of fish in the Dead Sea as there are in the Mediterranean Sea.

Numbers 34:11

From Shepham, the border will go east of Ain to Riblah. The border will continue along the hills by Lake Galilee. [381]

Matthew 10:2

These are the names of the twelve apostles {\cf2\super [119]} : Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Matthew 15:29

Then Jesus left that place and went to the shore of Lake Galilee. Jesus went up on a hill and sat down.

Matthew 16:18

So I tell you, you are Peter. {\cf2\super [230]} And I will build my church on this rock. The power of death {\cf2\super [231]} will not be able to defeat my church.

Matthew 4:19

Jesus said, “Come follow me. I will make you \{a different kind of\} fishermen. You will work to gather people, \{not fish\}.”

Mark 7:31

Then Jesus left the area around Tyre and went through Sidon. Jesus went to Lake Galilee. Jesus went through the area of the Ten Towns. {\cf2\super [92]}

Luke 6:14

Simon (Jesus named him Peter) and Andrew, Peter’s brother; James and John, Philip and Bartholomew;

John 21:1

Later, Jesus showed himself again to his followers. This was by Lake Tiberias (Galilee). This is how it happened:

John 6:1

Later, Jesus went across Lake Galilee (Lake Tiberias).

John 6:8

Another follower there was Andrew. Andrew was Simon Peter’s brother. Andrew said,

Deuteronomy 3:17

The Jordan River near the desert is their western border. Lake Galilee [16] is north of this area and the Dead Sea [17] (the Salt Sea) is to the south. It is at the bottom of the cliffs of Pisgah. They are to the east.