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  • Matthew 4:19
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 19 And he said to them: “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”+

  • Matthew 4:19
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 19 καὶ and λέγει is saying αὐτοῖς to them Δεῦτε Hither ὀπίσω behind μου, me, καὶ and ποιήσω I shall make ὑμᾶς YOU ἁλεεῖς fishers ἀνθρώπων. of men.

  • Matthew 4:19
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 19 And he said to them: “Come after me, and I will make YOU fishers of men.”+

  • Matthew 4:19
    The Bible in Living English
    • 19 and said to them “Come here after me, and I will make you fishers of men”;

  • Matthew 4:19
    American Standard Version
    • 19 And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

  • Matthew 4:19
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 19 and he saith unto them, Come after me,—And I will make you fishers of men.

  • Matthew 4:19
    King James Version
    • 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 4:19 it-1 105; w16.05 9; jy 59; w92 6/15 12-17

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 4:19 km 4/80 1; w79 12/15 9-12, 14-15; w73 270; kj 394; w66 387; w65 265; w61 270

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 4:19

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 105

      The Watchtower (Study),

      5/2016, p. 9

      Jesus—The Way, p. 59

      The Watchtower,

      6/15/1992, pp. 12-17

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 4:19

      fishers of men: A play on words based on the occupation of Simon and Andrew. It indicates that they would be “catching people alive” for the Kingdom. (Lu 5:10, ftn.) The implication may also be that, like fishing, disciple-making would be strenuous, labor-intensive work that required perseverance but sometimes produced few results.

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