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,
And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth,
2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of 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.
And going into one of the ships that was Simon’s, he desired him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting he taught the multitudes out of the ship.
4 When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon: Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5 “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
And Simon answering said to him: Master, we have labored all the night, and have taken nothing: but at thy word I will let down the net.
6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.
And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great multitude of fishes, and their net broke.
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.
And they beckoned to their partners that were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they were almost sinking.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9 For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
For he was wholly astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which 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.”
And so were also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon’s partners. And Jesus saith to Simon: Fear not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
11 And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
And having brought their ships to land, leaving all things, they 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.”
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy, who seeing Jesus, and falling on his face, besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst 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.
And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will. Be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from 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.”
And he charged him that he should tell no man, but, Go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded, for 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 of their sicknesses.
But the fame of him went abroad the more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
16 Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
And he retired into the desert, and prayed.
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.
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he sat teaching, that there were also Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, that were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was to heal them.
18 Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,
And behold, men brought in a bed a man, who had the palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
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.
And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof, and let him down through the tiles with his bed into the midst before Jesus.
20 When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22 Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering, he said to them: What is it you think in your hearts?
23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
Which is easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise 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.”
But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy, ) I say to thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.
25 And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
And immediately rising up before them, he took up the bed on which he lay; and he went away to his own house, glorifying God.
26 Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
And all were astonished; and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying: We have seen wonderful 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,
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and he said to him: Follow me.
28 and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
And leaving all things, he rose up 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.
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others, that were at table with them.
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole, need not the physician: but they that are sick.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance.
33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but thine eat and drink?
34 Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
To whom he said: Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast, whilst the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then shall they fast in those days.
36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on 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.
And he spoke also a similitude to them: That no man putteth a piece from a new garment upon an old garment; otherwise he both rendeth the new, and the piece taken from the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
And no man putteth new wine into old bottle: otherwise the new wine will break the bottles, and it will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost.
38 Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
And no man drinking old, hath presently a mind to new: for he saith, The old is better.
