Mark 1:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, Come after Me and be My disciples, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ “Come, follow me,” he said, “and I’ll show you how to fish for people.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Mark 1:17 Cross References

Ezekiel 47:10

People will stand fishing beside the sea from En-gedi to En-eglaim; it will be a place for the spreading of nets; its fish will be of a great many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.

Mark 1:16

As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

Mark 1:18

And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Luke 5:10

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.”