Luke 5
1 On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and having stood still, he was beside the lake of Gennesaret.
2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen having gone out of them, were washing their nets.
3 Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.
And having entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And having sat down, he taught the crowds from the boat.
4 When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the depth, and let down your nets for a catch.
5 “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
And having answered, Simon said to him, Master, having toiled through the whole night, we took nothing, but at thy saying, I will let down the net.
6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.
And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was tearing.
7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
And they beckoned to their partners in the other boat, after coming, to assist them. And they came and filled both the boats, so as for them to be sunk down.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
But Simon Peter having seen, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, Lord.
9 For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
For astonishment surrounded him, and all those with him, at the catch of the fishes that they caught,
10 and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”
and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou will be catching men.
11 And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
And when they brought their boats to land, after forsaking all, they followed him.
12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
And it came to pass while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy. And having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can make me clean.
13 Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
And having stretched forth his hand, he touched him, having said, I will, be thou clean. And straightaway the leprosy departed from him.
14 “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
And he commanded him to tell no man, but, After going, show thyself to the priest, and bring concerning thy cleansing, just as Moses commanded for a testimony to them.
15 But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
But the report about him went through more, and many multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him from their infirmities.
16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
But he himself was withdrawing into the desolate regions, and praying.
17 One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
And it came to pass during one of those days, he was also teaching. And there were seated Pharisees and law teachers, who were men having come out of every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was to heal them.
18 Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,
And behold, men bringing a man on a bed who was paralyzed. And they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
19 but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
And not having found how they might bring him in because of the multitude, after going up upon the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the small bed into the midst in front of Jesus.
20 When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
And having seen their faith, he said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
And the scholars and the Pharisees began to deliberate, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, except God alone?
22 Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, having responded, he said to them, Why do ye deliberate in your hearts?
23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk?
24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority upon earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralyzed man), I say to thee, Arise, and after taking up thy small bed, go to thy house.
25 And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
And immediately having risen up before them, after taking up that on which he lay, he departed to his house glorifying God.
26 Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
And amazement gripped all, and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, Follow me.
28 and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
And after leaving behind all, having risen up, he followed him.
29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
And Levi made a great feast for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were relaxing with them.
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
And their scholars and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?
31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
And having answered, Jesus said to them, Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those faring badly.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink.
34 Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
And he said to them, Ye cannot make the sons of the wedding hall fast while the bridegroom is with them.
35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
But the days will also come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.
36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
And he also spoke a parable to them. No man puts a patch of a new garment on an old garment, otherwise both the new tears, and that from the new will not blend with the old.
37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
And no man puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine will burst the wineskins, and will itself be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.
38 Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved together.
39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
And no man having drunk old straightaway desires new, for he says, The old is better.
