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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 4:18 Catholic Bible: As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers who were fishermen, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew, catching fish in the lake with a net. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/matthew/4-18.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/matthew/4-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/matthew/4-18.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/matthew/1.htm">Matthew</a> > <a href="/gntd/matthew/4.htm">Chapter 4</a> > Verse 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/4-17.htm" title="Matthew 4:17">◄</a> Matthew 4:18 <a href="../matthew/4-19.htm" title="Matthew 4:19">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/matthew/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/matthew/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers who were fishermen, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew, catching fish in the lake with a net. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/matthew/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />While Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers. One was Simon, also known as Peter, and the other was Andrew. They were fishermen, and they were casting their net into the lake. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/matthew/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).</p><p class="hdg">walking.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/1-16.htm">Matthew 1:16-18</a> And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/5-2.htm">Luke 5:2</a> And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets.</p><p class="hdg">sea.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/15-29.htm">Matthew 15:29</a> And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee: and going up into a mountain, he sat there.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../numbers/34-11.htm">Numbers 34:11</a> And from Sephama the bounds shall go down to Rebla over against the fountain of Daphnis: from thence they shall come eastward to the sea of Cenereth,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/3-17.htm">Deuteronomy 3:17</a> And the plain of the wilderness, and the Jordan, and the borders of Cenereth unto the sea of the desert, which is the most salt sea, to the foot of mount Phasga eastward.</p><p class="hdg">Chinnereth.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/5-1.htm">Luke 5:1</a> And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth,</p><p class="hdg">lake of Gennesaret.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/6-1.htm">John 6:1</a> After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/21-1.htm">John 21:1</a> After this, Jesus shewed himself to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. And he shewed himself after this manner.</p><p class="hdg">sea of Tiberias.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/10-2.htm">Matthew 10:2</a> And the names of the twelve Apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/6-14.htm">Luke 6:14</a> Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/1-40.htm">John 1:40-42</a> And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard of John and followed him. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/6-8.htm">John 6:8</a> One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him:</p><p class="hdg">for.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/3-1.htm">Exodus 3:1,10</a> Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/6-11.htm">Judges 6:11,12</a> And an angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak that was in Ephra, and belonged to Joas, the father of the family of Ezri. And when Gedeon, his son, was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/19-19.htm">1 Kings 19:19-21</a> And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus, the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were ploughing with, twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/78-70.htm">Psalm 78:70-72</a> And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../amos/7-14.htm">Amos 7:14,15</a> But prophesy not again any more in Bethel: because it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_corinthians/1-27.htm">1 Corinthians 1:27-29</a> But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/matthew/4.htm">The First Disciples</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17</span>From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl">And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).</span> <span class="reftext">19</span>And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/47-10.htm">Ezekiel 47:10</a></span><br />And the fishers shall stand over these waters, from Engaddi even to Engallim there shall be drying of nets: there shall be many sorts of the fishes thereof, as the fishes of the great sea, a very great multitude:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/4-19.htm">Matthew 4:19</a></span><br />And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/10-2.htm">Matthew 10:2</a></span><br />And the names of the twelve Apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/15-29.htm">Matthew 15:29</a></span><br />And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee: and going up into a mountain, he sat there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/16-18.htm">Matthew 16:18</a></span><br />And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../mark/1-16.htm">Mark 1:16</a></span><br />And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea for they were fishermen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../mark/7-31.htm">Mark 7:31</a></span><br />And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst the of the coasts of Decapolis.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/5-1.htm">Luke 5:1</a></span><br />And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/5-2.htm">Luke 5:2</a></span><br />And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/1-40.htm">John 1:40</a></span><br />And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard of John and followed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/6-1.htm">John 6:1</a></span><br />After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/1-13.htm">Andrew</a> <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Casting</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-16.htm">Drag</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-10.htm">Fishermen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-10.htm">Fishers</a> <a href="/matthew/4-15.htm">Galilee</a> <a href="/matthew/4-17.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/matthew/4-15.htm">Lake</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-17.htm">Net</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-1.htm">Peter</a> <a href="/matthew/4-15.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-10.htm">Shore</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-1.htm">Simon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">Throwing</a> <a href="/malachi/3-14.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/malachi/3-14.htm">Walking</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/10-2.htm">Andrew</a> <a href="/matthew/10-1.htm">Casting</a> <a href="/mark/1-16.htm">Drag</a> <a href="/matthew/13-48.htm">Fishermen</a> <a href="/matthew/4-19.htm">Fishers</a> <a href="/matthew/4-23.htm">Galilee</a> <a href="/matthew/4-19.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/matthew/8-18.htm">Lake</a> <a href="/matthew/13-47.htm">Net</a> <a href="/matthew/8-14.htm">Peter</a> <a href="/matthew/8-18.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/matthew/13-1.htm">Shore</a> <a href="/matthew/10-2.htm">Simon</a> <a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Throwing</a> <a href="/matthew/14-29.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Walking</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/matthew/4-18.htm">Matthew 4:18 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a and Andrew As beside brother brothers by called casting fishermen for Galilee he his into Jesus lake net Now of Peter saw Sea Simon the They two walking was were who<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/matthew/4-18.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 4:18 Walking by the sea of Galilee he (Matt. 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