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Matthew 4:19

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andλέγειlegeihe saithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he saith”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.he saithαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΔεῦτεdeuteFollowδεῦτεadverb — “Follow”G1205come hither, come, hither, an exclamatory word.Followὀπίσωopisōafterὀπίσωpreposition — “after”G3694behind, after; back, backwards.This verse uses “after”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andποιήσωpoiēsōI will makeποιέω (poieō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular — “I will make”, an action still aheadG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.I will makeὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youἁλιεῖςhalieisfishersἁλιεύς (halieus)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “fishers”, the object formG231a fisherman.fishersἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnof menἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of men”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.of men

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

World English Bible

He said to them, “ Come after me , and I will make you fishers for men.”

Darby Translation

and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Douay-Rheims

And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

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