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,

2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were 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.

4 When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water 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 net.”

6 When they had done so, 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.

8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

9 For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

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.”

11 And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything 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.”

13 Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And 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.”

15 But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed by Him of their sicknesses.

16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to 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.

18 Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

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.

20 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

21 But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

22 Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ 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.”

25 And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

26 Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable 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,

28 and Levi got up, left everything, 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.

30 But their scribes and the Pharisees complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

33 Then they said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking?”

34 Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

36 He also told them a parable: “No one sews a piece of cloth from a new garment onto 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.

37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the wineskins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.

38 Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

39 And no one after drinking old wine immediately wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

1 ¶ And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing [their] nets.

3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, ‹Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.›

5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

7 And they beckoned unto [their] partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw [it], he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:

10 And so [was] also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, ‹Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.›

11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

12 ¶ And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on [his] face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

13 And he put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, ‹I will: be thou clean.› And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

14 And he charged him to ‹tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.›

15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

17 ¶ And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was [present] to heal them.

18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought [means] to bring him in, and to lay [him] before him.

19 And when they could not find by what [way] they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with [his] couch into the midst before Jesus.

20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, ‹Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.›

21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, ‹What reason ye in your hearts?›

23 ‹Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?›

24 ‹But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins,› (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) ‹I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.›

25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

27 ¶ And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, ‹Follow me.›

28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.

29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

31 And Jesus answering said unto them, ‹They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.›

32 ‹I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.›

33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

34 And he said unto them, ‹Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?›

35 ‹But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.›

36 And he spake also a parable unto them; ‹No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was› [taken] ‹out of the new agreeth not with the old.›

37 ‹And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.›

38 ‹But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.›

39 ‹No man also having drunk old› [wine] ‹straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.›

1 And it came to pass, when the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, that he stood by the sea of Galilee.

2 And saw two ships standing by the sea; and the fishermen were gone out, and were washing their nets;

3 And he stood in the ship of one that was Simon's, and besought him that he would lead it a little way from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

4 And when he had ceased speaking, he said unto Simon, Go up into the high place, and let down your nets, that ye may make a draught.

5 And Simon answered and said unto him, Master, we have wrought all night, and have caught nothing: but at thy word I will let down the net.

6 And when they had done this, they decided a great multitude of fishes; and their net brake.

7 And they beckoned unto their fellows that were in the other ship, that they should come and help them to draw. And they came, and filled both the ships, and they sank.

8 And when Simon Peter saw it, he fell on his knees unto JESUS, and said, Lord, depart from me: I am a sinful man.

9 For there was a terror come upon him, and upon all that were with him, because of this fishing which they had done together;

10 The same also James and John the sons of Zebedee, Simon's companions. And JEsus said unto Simon, Fear not: for henceforth thou shalt catch men.

11 And they led the ships to land, and left all, and followed him].

12 And it came to pass, as he was in a certain city, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. And when he saw JEsum, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.

13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, and said: I will do it; be cleansed. And straightway the leprosy departed from him.

14 And he commanded him that he should tell no man: but go and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

15 And the fame of him spread abroad, and many people came together, that they might hear, and be healed of their sicknesses by him.

16 And he departed into the wilderness, and prayed.

17 And it came to pass in one day, that he taught, and there sat the Pharisees and scribes, which were come out of all the villages of Galilee, and of Judea, and of Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord went out from him, and helped every man.

18 And, behold, certain men brought a man on a bed, sick of the palsy; and they sought how they might bring him in, and lay him before him.

19 And when they could not find a place in the sight of the people to bring him in, they went up to the roof, and let him down through the tiles with the little bed in the midst of them before JEsus.

20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins be forgiven thee.

21 And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is he that speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

22 And when Jesus knew their thoughts, he answered and said unto them: What think ye in your hearts?

23 Which is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk?

24 And that ye might know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, he saith unto the sick of the palsy: I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go home.

25 And straightway he arose before their eyes, and took up the little bed whereon he had lain, and went home praising God.

26 And they were all amazed, and glorified God, and were filled with fear, and said: We have seen strange things this day.

27 And afterward he went out, and saw a publican named Levi sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me.

28 And he left all, and arose, and followed him.

29 And Levi made him a great supper in his house: and many publicans and others sat at meat with him.

30 And the scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying: Why eat ye and drink ye with publicans and sinners?

31 And JEsus answered and said unto them: The healthy have no need of a physician, but the sick.

32 I am come to call sinners to repentance, and not the righteous.

33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast so often, and pray so much, as the disciples of the Pharisees, but thy disciples eat and drink?

34 And he said unto them: Ye shall not make the wedding people 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.

36 And he spake unto them a parable: No man putteth a rag of a new garment upon an old garment; but if any other, the new is rent, and the rag of the new is not rhymed with the old.

37 And no man putteth must into old wineskins: otherwise the must breaketh the wineskins, and is spilled, and the wineskins perish.

38 But the must shall be put into new bottles, and they shall keep them both.

39 And there is none that drinketh of the old, and desireth soon of the new: for he saith, The old is meeker.