Matthew 4:19
Douay-Rheims
And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.
George Leo Haydock
Jesus Christ here makes an allusion to the prior occupation of his apostles. David, in his Psalms, makes similar allusions to his former occupation of shepherd: “He took him from the flocks of sheep, he brought him from following the ewes big with young, to feed Jacob, his servant, and Israel, his inheritance.” (Psalm lxxvii. ver. 70.) (Menochius)
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1849 · Matthew 4:19
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