We hear Jesus make an announcement at the beginning of Matthew’s Gospel. Immediately after he delivers his proclamation about God’s kingdom, Jesus calls his first four followers, assuring the four fishermen, “I will make you fishers of men” (1:17b).
Friar Dan Kroger expands on this Gospel passage.
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