Matthew 4:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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.

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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

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Mid´i-an: and he led the flock to the back side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Exodus 3:10

Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

Ezekiel 47:10

And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–ge´di even unto En–eg´la-im; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

Numbers 34:11

and the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of A´in; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chin´nereth eastward:

Matthew 10:2

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zeb´edee, and John his brother;

Matthew 15:29

And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

Matthew 16:18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 4:19

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Mark 7:31

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decap´olis.

Luke 6:14

Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

John 21:1

After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tibe´ri-as; and on this wise showed he himself.

John 6:1

After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tibe´ri-as.

John 6:8

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

Deuteronomy 3:17

the plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chin´nereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ash´doth–pis´gah eastward.