Mat 4:19-22, 9:9, 16:24 | ESV | STEP | And he said to them , Follow me , and I will make you fishers of men .

Matthew 4:19-22

19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you ^afishers of men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women} 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Matthew 9:9

Jesus Calls Matthew

9 ^cAs Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called ^dMatthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

Matthew 16:24

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him ^edeny himself and ^ftake up his cross and follow me.