Luke 5:10

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

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And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

In Context

9For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

11And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:19And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

Matthew 20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.

Luke 5:7And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

Acts 2:4And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:2-12

The Call of Peter, James, and John. 1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into… Read the whole commentary →

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