19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
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And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. …
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-22)When Christ began to preach, he began to gather disciples , who should now be the hearers , and hereafter the preachers , of his doctrine, who should now be witnesses of his miracles, and hereafter concerning them. Now, in these verses, we have an account of the first disciples that he called into fellowship with himself. And this was an instance, 1. Of effectual calling to Christ. In all his prea…
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