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Jesus Led his Disciples Away from Fishing 

Jesus turned four of his future apostles away from their fishing careers, transforming them into evangelists instead, or as Christ called them, ‘fishers of men’ (Matt 4:18–22; Mark 1:16–20; Luke 5:1–11). Additionally, after Peter returned to being a fisherman in John 21:1–17, Jesus led him away from this career again, making him the leader of his Church instead [if John 21:1–25 is not a later addition]. Regardless, Jesus probably led his apostles away from being fishermen because the Bible negatively portrays fishing through metaphor and description