Mark 1:17

17 Yeshua said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers for men!"

Mark 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:17

And Jesus said unto them, come ye after me
Leave your worldly employments, and become my disciples,

and I will make you to become fishers of men:
which will be a much more excellent and honourable employment, as men, and the souls of men, are more excellent, and of more worth than fishes; (See Gill on Matthew 4:19).

Mark 1:17 In-Context

15 "The time has come, God's Kingdom is near! Turn to God from your sins and believe the Good News!"

16 As he walked beside Lake Kinneret, he saw Shim`on and Andrew, Shim`on's brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishermen.

17 Yeshua said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers for men!"

18 At once they left their nets and followed him.

19 Going on a little farther, he saw Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan, his brother, in their boat, repairing their nets.