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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 4, Verse 19

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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.
King James Version
And he saith unto them, ‹Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.›
American Standard Version
And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
New English Translation
He said to them,“Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people!”
World English Bible
He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for 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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And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
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And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
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And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
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And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.
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And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
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And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
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‹Blessed› [are] ‹the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.›
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‹Blessed› [are] ‹they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.›