King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 4:19
“And he saith unto them, ‹Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 4
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From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‹Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.›
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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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And he saith unto them, ‹Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.›
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And they straightway left [their] nets, and followed him.
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And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
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