Luke 5:10
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners, felt the same way. “Don't be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you'll be fishing for people!”
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9For he and everybody with him were completely amazed by the catch of fish that they had landed.
11So they dragged the boats onto the shore, left everything, and followed Jesus.
Cross References
Matthew 4:19“Come and follow me, and I will teach you how to catch people,” he told them.
Matthew 13:47Or again, the kingdom of heaven is like a fishing net thrown into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.
Matthew 20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came with her two sons to Jesus. She kneeled down before him to make a request.
Luke 5:7They waved to their partners in the other boat, asking them to come over and help. The others came over and together they filled both of the boats with fish. The boats were so full that they began to sink.
Acts 2:4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to do so.
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 →