Matthew 4:19 - Plain English Version

¹⁹ Jesus said, “I want you 2 to come and follow me. I want you to stop catching fish. I’ll give you another job. You will catch people for me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And He said to them, Come after Me [as disciples–letting Me be your Guide], follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ “Come, follow me,” he said, “and I’ll show you how to fish for people.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ And he said to them: "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Matthew 4:19 Cross References

Matthew 4:18

One day, Jesus walked along next to Lake Galilee, and he saw 2 men throwing a net into the water to catch fish. That was their job. One man was called Simon. He was also called Peter. And the other man was his brother Andrew.

Matthew 4:20

And straight away, they left their nets and followed him.

Matthew 8:22

Jesus said to him, “No. You come and follow me now. You see, some people are spiritually dead, so they can bury the dead bodies of their own people. But you come and follow me.” (We have not yet translated 8:23—9:26. You can read those stories in Mark 2:1-22; 4:35-41; 5:1-43.)

Mark 2:14

At that time, the Roman people were the bosses over all that country, and they got some Jewish people to take tax money from the other Jewish people and give it to the Roman government. One of those tax men was called Levi, and his father’s name was Alfius. Jesus walked along, and he saw Levi and said to him, “I want you to be one of my followers. Come on, follow me.” And straight away, Levi stood up and went with Jesus.

Luke 9:59

And Jesus said to another man, “Come and follow me.” That man said, “All right, I will come with you. But my father has died, so let me go home to bury him. After that, I will come with you.”

John 1:43

The next day, Jesus wanted to go north, to Galilee country. But first he found a man called Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”

John 12:26

If anyone wants to work for me, they have to follow me. Wherever I go, my workers will go. And if anyone works for me, my father will say they are good.

John 21:22

Jesus said, “Don’t worry about him. Maybe I want him to stay alive until I come back again, but you don’t have to worry about that. You just follow me.”