Mark 1:17
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 Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

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

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

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

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

Amplified Bible
And Jesus 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,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for people.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Follow Me," Jesus 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
Jesus told them, "Follow me, and I'll make you fishers of people!"

NET Bible
Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

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

King James 2000 Bible
And Jesus said unto them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

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

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

American King James Version
And Jesus said to them, Come you after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

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

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

Darby Bible Translation
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men;

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus said to them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then Iesus said vnto them, Folow me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Iesus saide vnto them: Folowe me, and I wyll make you to become fysshers of men.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And Iesus sayde vnto the: Folowe me, and I wil make you fysshers of me.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And Iesus sayde vnto them: folowe me and I will make you fisshers of men.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and Jesus said to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men”;

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus said to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men."

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus said to them, 'Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishermen of men.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And Jesus said to them, Come after Me and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Jesus said to them, “Come after 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 will make you fishers of men.”

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

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

Godbey New Testament
Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

Haweis New Testament
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will appoint you to be fishers of men:

Mace New Testament
(for they were fishers) and Jesus said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Weymouth New Testament
"Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men."

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

Worsley New Testament
(for they were fishermen,) and Jesus said unto them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men:
















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