Mark 1:17

17 And Jesus said to them, "{Follow}^[a] me and I will make you become fishers of people."

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 and saying, "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the gospel!"

16 And [as he] was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting [a net] into the sea (for they were fishermen).

17 And Jesus said to them, "{Follow} me and I will make you become fishers of people."

18 And immediately they left their nets [and] followed him.

19 And going on a little [farther], he saw James the [son] of Zebedee and his brother John, and they [were] in the boat mending the nets.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "come after"