Fishers of Men

FISHERS of MEN
24	Matt 4	24	Mark 1	32	Luke 5
				1	While the people pressed
					upon him
					to hear the word of God,
18	As he walked	16	And passing along		he was standing
	by the Sea of Galilee,		by the Sea of Galilee,		by the lake of Gennesaret.
	he saw two brothers,		he saw	2	And he saw two boats
					by the lake;
					but the fishermen* had gone
					out of them
					and were washing their nets.
				3	Getting into one of the boats,
	Simon who is called Peter		Simon		which was Simon's,
	and Andrew		and Andrew
	his brother,		the brother of Simon
					he asked him
					to put out a little from the land.
					And he sat down
					and taught the people
					from the boat.
				4	And when he had ceased
					speaking,
					he said to Simon,
					"Put out into the deep
	casting a net into the sea;		casting a net in the sea;		and let down your nets
					for a catch."
	for they were fishermen.*		for they were fishermen.*
				5	And Simon answered,
					"Master, we toiled all night
					and took nothing!
					But at your word
					I will let down the nets."
				6	And when they had done this,
					they enclosed a great shoal
					of fish;
					and as their nets were breaking,
				7	they beckoned to their partners
					in the other boat
					to come and help them.
					And they came
					and filled both the boats,
					so that they began to sink.
				8	But when Simon Peter saw it,
					he fell down at Jesus' knees,
					saying,
					"Depart from me,
					for I am a sinful man, O Lord."
				9	For he was astonished,
					and all that were with him,
					at the catch of fish
					which they had taken;
				10	and so also were James
					and John,*
					sons of Zebedee,*
					who were partners with Simon.
19	And he said to them,	17	And Jesus said to them,	11	And Jesus said to Simon,
					"Do not be afraid;
	"Follow me,		"Follow me,
	and I will make you		and I will make you		henceforth you will be
	fishers of men."		become fishers of men."		catching men."
20	Immediately	18	And immediately		And when they had brought
					their boats to land,
	they left their nets		they left their nets		they left everything
	and followed him.		and followed him.		and followed him.
21	And going on	19	And going on
	from there		a little farther,
	he saw two other brothers,		he saw
	James the son of Zebedee*		James the son of Zebedee*
	and John* his brother,		and John* his brother,
	in the boat		who were in their boat
	with Zebedee their father,
	mending their nets,		mending the nets.
	and	20	And immediately *
	he called them.		he called them;
22	Immediately *		and
	they left the boat *		they left
	and their father,		their father Zebedee
			in the boat*
			with the hired servants,
	and followed him.		and followed him.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
Copyright © 1973 by National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
24	Sequence in synoptic outlines