Matthew 4:19
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people."

New Living Translation
Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”

English Standard Version
And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Berean Study Bible
“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people.”

NASB 1995
And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

NASB 1977
And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Amplified Bible
And He said to them, “Follow Me [as My disciples, accepting Me as your Master and Teacher and walking the same path of life that I walk], and I will make you fishers of men.”

Christian Standard Bible
“Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fish for people.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Follow Me," He told them, "and I will make you fish for people!"

Contemporary English Version
Jesus said to them, "Follow me! I will teach you how to bring in people instead of fish."

Good News Translation
Jesus said to them, "Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me! I will teach you how to catch people instead of fish."

International Standard Version
"Follow me," he told them, "and I will make you fishers of people!"

NET Bible
He said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

New King James Version
Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

King James 2000 Bible
And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

New Heart English Bible
And he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of people."

World English Bible
He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."

American King James Version
And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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

A Faithful Version
And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Darby Bible Translation
and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he sayd vnto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he saith vnto them: Folowe me, and I wyl make you fysshers of men.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and he sayde vnto them: folowe me, & I will make you fisshers of me.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and he sayde vnto them folowe me and I will make you fisshers of men.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and He says to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men,”

Berean Literal Bible
And He says to them, "Come follow after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

Smith's Literal Translation
And he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you the fishermen of men.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He says to them, Come! after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he said to them: “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yeshua said to them, “Come after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men.”

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

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Godbey New Testament
And He says to them, Follow after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Haweis New Testament
And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Mace New Testament
and he said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men:

Weymouth New Testament
And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Worrell New Testament
And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Worsley New Testament
and He saith unto them, Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men:
















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