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Bible Verses About Fishes

15 verses · 35 aspects

Key Bible Verses

  1. "'Of all the things that live in the water, you may eat these: anything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in seas or in rivers -these you may eat.

  2. But everything in the seas and rivers without both fins and scales, of all the small water-creatures and of all the living creatures in the water, is a detestable thing for you.

  3. Yes, these will be detestable for you -you are not to eat their meat, and you are to detest their carcasses.

  4. Whatever lacks fins and scales in the water is a detestable thing for you.

  5. "All we have with us," they said, "is five loaves of bread and two fish."

  6. He said, "Bring them here to me."

  7. After instructing the crowds to sit down on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking up toward heaven, made a b'rakhah. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the talmidim, who gave them to the crowds.

  8. They all ate as much as they wanted, and they took up twelve baskets full of the pieces left over.

  9. Those eating numbered about five thousand men, plus women and children.

  10. When he had finished speaking, he said to Shim`on, "Put out into deep water, and let down your nets for a catch."

  11. Shim`on answered, "We've worked hard all night long, Rabbi, and haven't caught a thing! But if you say so, I'll let down the nets."

  12. They did this and took in so many fish that their nets began to tear.

  13. He said to them, “Throw in your net to starboard and you will catch some.” So they threw in their net, and there were so many fish in it that they couldn’t haul it aboard.

  14. The talmid Yeshua loved said to Kefa, “It’s the Lord!” On hearing it was the Lord, Shim‘on Kefa threw on his coat, because he was stripped for work, and plunged into the lake;

  15. but the other talmidim followed in the boat, dragging the net full of fish; for they weren’t far from shore, only about a hundred yards.