Matthew

Matthew 4:19–20

¹⁹“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” ²⁰And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Come	Δεῦτε	Deute	Verb - Imperative - 2nd Person Plural	G1205 come hither, come, hither
follow	Δεῦτε	Deute	Verb - Imperative - 2nd Person Plural	G1205 come hither, come, hither
Me	μου	mou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
said	λέγει	legei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3004 I say, speak
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
I will make	ποιήσω	poiēsō	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G4160 I do, make
you	ὑμᾶς	hymas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
fishers	ἁλιεῖς	halieis	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G231 a fisherman
of men	ἀνθρώπων	anthrōpōn	Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural	G444 a man, one of the human race

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
at once	εὐθέως	eutheōs	Adverb	G2112 immediately, soon
they left	ἀφέντες	aphentes	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G863 I send away, release, remit, forgive, permit
nets	δίκτυα	diktya	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1350 a fishing-net
followed	ἠκολούθησαν	ēkolouthēsan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G190 I accompany, attend, follow
Him	αὐτῷ	autō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Matthew 4:19 Mark 1:17–18 · John 12:26 · Matthew 16:24 · Luke 9:59 · John 1:43 · Luke 5:27 · John 21:22 · Mark 2:14 · Luke 5:10–11 · Matthew 19:21 · Ezekiel 47:9–10 · Matthew 8:22

Matthew 4:20 Mark 10:28–31 · Matthew 19:27 · 1 Kings 19:21 · Psalm 119:60 · Luke 18:28–30 · Matthew 10:37 · Galatians 1:16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.