Luke 5
1 On one occasion, Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to listen to the word of God.
Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;
2 He saw two boats moored beside the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.
And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
3 He got into one of the boats, the one that was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and began teaching the crowds from the boat.
And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.
4 When he finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.
5 Simon answered him, “Master, we have worked hard throughout the entire night and have caught nothing, but at yoʋr word I will let down the net.”
And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.
6 When he and the men with him did so, they enclosed such a large number of fish that their net began to break.
And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;
7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and assist them, and they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
9 For he and all who were with him were gripped with astonishment at the catch of fish they had taken,
For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;
10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on yoʋ will be catching people.”
And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.
11 So they brought their boats to shore, left everything, and followed Jesus.
And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.
12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, if yoʋ are willing, yoʋ can make me clean.”
And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
13 So Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.
14 Then Jesus ordered him to tell no one, but said, “Go show yoʋrself to the priest, and make an offering for yoʋr cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.
15 But the news about Jesus spread even more, and large crowds would gather together to hear him and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.
16 But he would often withdraw to desolate places and pray.
But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.
17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was present to heal the people.
And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.
18 And behold, some men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.
And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.
19 But when they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down through the tiles, together with his mat, into the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus.
And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.
20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Man, yoʋr sins are forgiven yoʋ.”
And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.
21 But the scribes and the Pharisees began to question what Jesus said: “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?
22 Aware of their thoughts, Jesus answered them, “Why are you questioning in your hearts?
But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Yoʋr sins are forgiven yoʋ,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?
24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralyzed man—“I say to yoʋ, rise, pick up yoʋr mat, and go to yoʋr house.”
But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill, ) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.
25 Immediately the man rose up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went to his house, glorifying God.
And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.
26 Amazement seized them all, and they too began glorifying God. Filled with awe, they said, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of 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. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,”
And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.
28 and leaving everything behind, Levi rose and followed him.
And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.
29 Then Levi gave a great banquet for Jesus in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others reclining at the table with them.
And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.
30 But the scribes of the people and the Pharisees were grumbling at his disciples, saying, “Why are you eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”
And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?
31 Jesus answered them, “It is not those who are well who have need of a physician, but those who are sick.
And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
32 I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.
33 Then they said to him, “Why is it that the disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but yoʋrs eat and drink?”
And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.
34 Jesus said to them, “Can you make the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is with them?
And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?
35 But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, they will fast in those days.”
But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
36 He also told them a parable: “No one puts a patch from a new garment on an old garment. For not only would he tear the new garment, but the patch from the new garment would not match the old garment.
And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.
37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the new wine would burst the wineskins and would itself be spilled, and the wineskins would be ruined.
And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.
38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and then both are preserved.
But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.
39 And no one after drinking old wine immediately desires new wine, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
