Mark 1:17 (DBY)

Passage

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men;

Nearby Context

Mark 1:15 and saying, The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn nigh; repent and believe in the glad tidings.

Mark 1:16 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, [Simon's] brother, casting out a net in the sea, for they were fishers.

Mark 1:17 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men;

Mark 1:18 and straightway leaving their trawl-nets they followed him.

Mark 1:19 And going on thence a little, he saw James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, and these [were] in the ship repairing the trawl-nets;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "said", "come", "after", "make", "become", and "fishers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And walking by the sea of Galilee..." into verse 18's "and straightway leaving their trawl-nets they followed...", so "jesus" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.