Luke 5
1 Now it happened, while the crowd pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
One day, as Jesus was standing beside the Sea of Galilee, people crowded around him to hear the word of God.
2 He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
Jesus noticed two boats lying on the shore, left there by fishermen who were washing their nets.
3 He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
Jesus got into a boat, the one that belonged to Simon, and asked him to push it out into the water, just offshore. Then Jesus sat down in the boat and taught the people from there.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
After he'd finished speaking, he told Simon, “Go out into deeper water, and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets."
“Lord, we worked hard all night, and didn't catch anything. But if you say so, I'll let down the nets,” Simon replied.
6 When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.
Having done this, a large shoal of fish filled the nets full to breaking point.
7 They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.
They waved to their partners in the other boat, asking them to come over and help. The others came over and together they filled both of the boats with fish. The boats were so full that they began to sink.
8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he dropped to his knees before Jesus. “Lord, please stay away from me, for I am a sinful man!” he exclaimed.
9 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;
For he and everybody with him were completely amazed by the catch of fish that they had landed.
10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you will be catching people."
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners, felt the same way. “Don't be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you'll be fishing for people!”
11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
So they dragged the boats onto the shore, left everything, and followed Jesus.
12 It happened, while he was in one of the cities, look, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
Once when Jesus was visiting one of the towns, he met a man there who had a very bad case of leprosy. The man fell with his face to the ground and begged Jesus, “Please Lord, if you're willing, you can make me clean.”
13 And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be cleansed." Immediately the leprosy left him.
Jesus reached out and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the leprosy disappeared.
14 And he commanded him, "Do not tell anyone, but go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
“Say nothing to anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and make the ceremonial offerings as required by the law of Moses as proof that you've been healed.”
15 But the report concerning him spread much more, and large crowds came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.
Yet the news about Jesus spread more and more. Large crowds came to hear Jesus and to be healed from their diseases.
16 But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
But Jesus often used to retreat to quiet places and pray.
17 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal.
One day when Jesus was teaching, the Pharisees and religious teachers who had come from all over Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem were sitting there. The power of the Lord to heal was with him so he could heal.
18 And look, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before him.
Some men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to take him in and lay him in front of Jesus.
19 Not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.
But they couldn't find any way through the crowd, so they went up on the roof and made a hole in the roof tiles. Then they lowered the man down on the mat, right into the crowd in front of Jesus.
20 Seeing their faith, he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."
When Jesus saw the trust they had in him, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven.”
21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
The religious teachers and the Pharisees began to argue with that. “Who is this who's speaking blasphemies?” they asked. “Who can forgive sins? Only God can do that!”
22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
Jesus knew what they were arguing about, so he asked them, “Why are you thinking to question this?
23 Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'
What is easier? To say your sins are forgiven, or to say get up and walk?
24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house."
However, I will prove to you that the Son of man has the authority here on earth to forgive sins.” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
25 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
Immediately the man stood up in front of them. He picked up the mat he'd been lying on, and went home, praising God as he went.
26 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen remarkable things today."
Everyone was completely astonished at what had happened, and in great awe they praised God, saying, “What we saw today was amazing!”
27 After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me."
Later, as Jesus was leaving the town, he saw a tax collector called Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him.
28 He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
Levi stood up, left everything, and followed Jesus.
29 Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
Levi organized a large banquet at his home in Jesus' honor. Many tax collectors and others were in the crowd that sat down to eat with them. But the Pharisees and the religious teachers complained to Jesus' disciples, asking,
30 The Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
“Healthy people don't need a doctor—but sick people do,” Jesus replied.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
“I didn't come to call those who are living right to repentance—I came to call sinners.”
33 They said to him, "The disciples of John often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink."
“Well, John's disciples often fast and pray, and the Pharisees' disciples do so as well. But your disciples don't—they go on eating and drinking,” they told him.
34 He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
“Should the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus asked.
35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days."
“No—but the time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they can fast.”
36 He also told a parable to them. "No one having torn a piece from a new garment puts it on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.
Then he gave them an illustration: “You don't tear out a patch from new clothes to mend old clothes. Otherwise you'd ruin new clothes, and the patch from the new wouldn't match the old.
37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.
You don't put new wine into old wineskins, because if you did the new wine would burst the wineskins. Then both wine and wineskins would be wasted.
38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
You put new wine in new wineskins.
39 No one having drunk old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is good.'"
And nobody after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, ‘the old tastes good.’”
