Luke 5
1 And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside 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 and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,
Jesus noticed two boats lying on the shore, left there by fishermen who were washing their nets.
3 and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon's, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of 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 And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, 'Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;'
After he'd finished speaking, he told Simon, “Go out into deeper water, and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 and Simon answering said to him, 'Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.'
“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 And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking,
Having done this, a large shoal of fish filled the nets full to breaking point.
7 and they beckoned to the partners, who [are] in the other boat, having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.
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 And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, 'Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O 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 astonishment seized him, and all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took,
For he and everybody with him were completely amazed by the catch of fish that they had landed.
10 and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, 'Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;'
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 and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.
So they dragged the boats onto the shore, left everything, and followed Jesus.
12 And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on [his] face, he besought him, saying, 'Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;'
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 having stretched forth [his] hand, he touched him, having said, 'I will; be thou cleansed;' and immediately the leprosy went away from him.
Jesus reached out and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the leprosy disappeared.
14 And he charged him to tell no one, 'But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, 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 more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him 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 and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.
But Jesus often used to retreat to quiet places and pray.
17 And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was — to heal them.
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 lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place 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 and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, 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 and he having seen their faith, said to him, 'Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
When Jesus saw the trust they had in him, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven.”
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, 'Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?'
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 And Jesus having known their reasonings, answering, said unto them, 'What reason ye 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, Thy sins have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk?
What is easier? To say your sins are forgiven, or to say get up and walk?
24 'And that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority upon the earth to forgive sins — (he said to the one struck with palsy) — I say to thee, Arise, and having taken up thy little couch, be going on to thy 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 And presently having risen before them, having taken up [that] on which he was lying, he went away 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 and astonishment took all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying — 'We saw strange things to-day.'
Everyone was completely astonished at what had happened, and in great awe they praised God, saying, “What we saw today was amazing!”
27 And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, 'Be following 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 and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.
Levi stood up, left everything, and followed Jesus.
29 And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),
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 and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, 'Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, 'They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:
“Healthy people don't need a doctor—but sick people do,” Jesus replied.
32 I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
“I didn't come to call those who are living right to repentance—I came to call sinners.”
33 And they said unto him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications — in like manner also those of the Pharisees — but thine do 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 And he said unto them, 'Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber — in the bridegroom being with them — to fast?
“Should the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus asked.
35 but days will come, and, when the bridegroom may be taken away from them, then they shall fast in those days.'
“No—but the time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they can fast.”
36 And he spake also a simile unto them — 'No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that [is] from the new.
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 doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, 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 into new skins is to be put, and both are preserved together;
You put new wine in new wineskins.
39 and no one having drunk old [wine], doth immediately wish new, for he saith, The old is better.'
And nobody after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, ‘the old tastes good.’”
