⚡WEB · Mark 1:17
What does Mark 1:17 mean?
"Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”"
— Mark 1:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”
Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”
Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.
Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
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