Raising Up Fishers of Men

¹⁸ Now as Yeshua was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter and Andrew his brother. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” ²⁰ Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

²¹ Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, Jacob the son of Zebedee and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and He called them.

⁴⁷ “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea, gathering things of every kind.

⁴ When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Go out into the deep water, and let down your nets for a catch.”

⁶ He said to them, “Throw the net off the right side of the boat, and you’ll find some.” So they threw the net, and they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

⁷ Therefore the disciple whom Yeshua loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around himself—for he was stripped down for work—and threw himself into the sea. ⁸ But the other disciples came in the boat from about two hundred cubits^[a] offshore, dragging the net full of fish.

⁹ So when they got out onto the land, they saw a charcoal fire with fish placed on it, and bread. ¹⁰ Yeshua said to them, “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught.” ¹¹ Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net to shore. There were 153 fish, many of them big; but the net was not broken.