Luke 5
1 Once, when the people were pressing round Jesus as they listened to God’s Message, he happened to be standing by the shore of the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats close to the shore.
Now it happened, while the crowd pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
2 The fishermen had gone away from them and were washing the nets.
He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
3 So, getting into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, Jesus asked him to push off a little way from the shore, and then sat down and taught the people from the boat.
He entered into one of the boats, which was Shimon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon: “Push off into deep water, and throw out your nets for a haul.”
When he had finished speaking, he said to Shimon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
5 “We have been hard at work all night, Sir,” answered Simon, “and have not caught anything, but, at your bidding, I will throw out the nets.”
Shimon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets."
6 They did so, and enclosed such a great shoal of fish that their nets began to break.
When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.
7 So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; and they came and filled both the boats so full of fish that they were almost sinking.
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.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself down at Jesus’ knees, exclaiming: “Master, leave me, for I am a sinful man!”
But Shimon Kipha, when he saw it, fell down at Yeshua's knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
9 For he and all who were with him were lost in amazement at the haul of fish which they had made;
For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;
10 and so, too, were James and John, Zebediah’s sons, who were Simon’s partners. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon; “from to-day you shall catch men.”
and so also were Yaquv and Yukhanan, sons of Zabedai, who were partners with Shimon. Yeshua said to Shimon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you will be catching people."
11 And, when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything, and followed him.
When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
12 On one occasion Jesus was staying in a town, when he saw a man who was covered with leprosy. When the leper saw Jesus, he threw himself on his face and implored his help: “Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean.”
It happened, while he was in one of the cities, look, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Yeshua, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
13 Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: “I am willing; become clean.” Instantly the leprosy left the man;
And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be cleansed." Immediately the leprosy left him.
14 and then Jesus impressed upon him that he was not to say a word to any one, “but,” he added, “set out and show yourself to the priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing, in the manner directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.”
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 Mushe commanded, for a testimony to them."
15 However, the story about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came together to listen to him, and to be cured of their illnesses;
But the report concerning him spread much more, and large crowds came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.
16 but Jesus used to withdraw to lonely places and pray.
But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
17 On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the Law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was upon Jesus, so that he could work cures.)
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 Galila, Yehuda, and Urishlim. The power of the Lord was with him to heal.
18 And there some men brought on a bed a man who was paralysed. They tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus;
And look, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before him.
19 but, finding no way of getting him in owing to the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him through the tiles, with his pallet, into the middle of the people and in front of Jesus.
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 Yeshua.
20 When he saw their faith, Jesus said: “Friend, your sins have been forgiven you.”
Seeing their faith, he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."
21 The Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began debating about this. “Who is this man who speaks so blasphemously?” they asked. “Who can forgive sins except God?”
The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
22 When Jesus became aware of the way in which they were debating, he turned to them and exclaimed: “What are you debating with yourselves?
But Yeshua, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
23 Which is the easier? — to say ‘Your sins have been forgiven you’? or to say ‘Get up, and walk about’?
Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'
24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” — he spoke to the paralysed man — “To you I say, Get up, and take up your pallet, and go to your home.”
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."
25 Instantly the man stood up before their eyes, took up what he had been lying on, and went to his home, praising God.
Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
26 The people, one and all, were lost in amazement, and praised God; and in great awe they said: “We have seen marvellous things to-day!”
Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen remarkable things today."
27 After this, Jesus went out; and he noticed a tax-gatherer, named Levi, sitting in the tax-office, and said to him: “Follow me.”
After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Lewi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me."
28 Levi left everything and got up and followed him.
He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
29 And Levi gave a great entertainment at his house, in honour of Jesus; and a large number of tax-gatherers and others were at table with them.
Lewi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
30 The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law belonging to their party complained of this to the disciples of Jesus.”
The Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
31 In answer Jesus said: “It is not those who are well that need a doctor, but those who are ill.
Yeshua answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
32 I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent.”
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
33 “John’s disciples,” they said to Jesus, “Often fast and say prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, while yours are eating and drinking!”
They said to him, "The disciples of Yukhanan often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink."
34 But Jesus answered them: “Can you make the bridegroom’s friends fast while the bridegroom is with them?
He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come — a time when the bridegroom will be parted from them; and they will fast then, when those days come.”
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days."
36 Then, as an illustration, Jesus said to them: “No man ever tears a piece from a new garment and puts it upon an old one; for, if he does, he will not only tear the new garment, but the piece from the new one will not match the old.
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.
37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins; for, if he does, the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine itself will run out, and the skins be lost.
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.
38 But new wine must be put into fresh skins.
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
39 No man after drinking old wine wishes for new. ‘No,’ he says, ‘the old is excellent.’”
No one having drunk old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is good.'"
