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 happened, as He had come along the Lake of Genesaret, that the multitude crowded Him to hear the Word of God;
2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
He saw two boats standing by the lake (the fishermen were out of them, 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.
So He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Sitting down He began to teach 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.”
When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep 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 in answer Simon said to Him, “Master, we have worked hard the whole night and caught nothing, but based on your word 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.
When they had done this, they caught such a large number of fish that their net began to tear.
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.
So they signaled to their partners who were in the other boat to come help them; they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
Upon experiencing this Simon Peter fell at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
9 For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
Because astonishment gripped him and all who were with him at the haul of fish which they had 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.”
yes, this included James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don't be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.”
11 And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
Pulling the boats up on the shore, they left it all and 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.”
Now it happened, while He was in one of the towns—a man full of leprosy! Upon seeing Jesus he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can cleanse me!”
13 Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
So He extended His hand and touched him, saying, “I want to; be cleansed!” Immediately the leprosy left 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.”
Then He ordered him to tell no one, “But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing just as Moses prescribed, as 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.
However the news about Him spread all the more, and large crowds kept gathering to hear and to be healed by Him of their sicknesses.
16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
So He Himself would withdraw into deserted places and pray.
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.
Now it happened on a certain day that He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee, and from Judea and Jerusalem, sitting there—and the power of the Lord was there 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 then, some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a cot, and tried to take him in and place 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.
When they could not find how to do it, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with the cot through the tiling into the center, in front of Jesus.
20 When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
Seeing their faith He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you!”
21 But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
So the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22 Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
But Jesus perceived their reasonings and reacted by saying to them: “Why are you reasoning 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, ‘Your sins are forgiven you’, or to say, ‘Get up 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 you may know that the Son of the Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralyzed man: “I say to you, get up! Take your cot and go to your house.”
25 And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
Immediately he stood up in front of them, took up what he had been lying on, and set out to his own 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.”
Amazement gripped them all and they kept glorifying God; they were also 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,
After these things He went out 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.
So leaving everything he got up and 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.
Then Levi made a great banquet for Him at his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Well the scribes and Pharisees complained about them to His disciples, saying, “How can you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?!”
31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
So Jesus reacted and said to them: “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, just those who are sick.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
I have not come to call righteous people to repentance, just sinners.”
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.”
Then they said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but yours keep eating and drinking?”
34 Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
So He said to them: “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom 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 days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then, in those days, they will fast.”
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.
Then He also told them a parable: “No one puts a patch from a new garment on an old one; otherwise, both the new makes a tear and that from the new does not match 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 one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst those skins and will itself be spilled and the skins wasted.
38 Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
Rather, new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
Further, no one having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
