Luke 5
1 Now it happened, while the people were crowding around Jesus and listening to the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
Now it happened, as He had come along the Lake of Genesaret, that the multitude crowded Him to hear the Word of God;
2 He saw two boats pulled up by the edge of the lake. The fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.
He saw two boats standing by the lake (the fishermen were out of them, washing their nets).
3 Jesus got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put it out in the water a short distance from the land. Then he sat down and taught the people out of the boat.
So He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Sitting down He began to teach the crowds from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Take the boat out into the deeper water and let down your nets for a catch.”
When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked all night, and caught nothing, but at your word, I will let down the nets.”
And in answer Simon said to Him, “Master, we have worked hard the whole night and caught nothing, but based on your word I will let down the net.”
6 When they had done this, they gathered a very large number of fish, and their nets were breaking.
When they had done this, they caught such a large number of fish that their net began to tear.
7 So they motioned to their partners in the other boat that they should come and help them. They came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
So they signaled to their partners who were in the other boat to come help them; they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”
Upon experiencing this Simon Peter fell at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
9 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken.
Because astonishment gripped him and all who were with him at the haul of fish which they had caught;
10 This included James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid, because from now on you will catch men.”
yes, this included James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don't be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.”
11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
Pulling the boats up on the shore, they left it all and followed Him.
12 It came about that while he was in one of the cities, a man full of leprosy was there. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Now it happened, while He was in one of the towns—a man full of leprosy! Upon seeing Jesus he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can cleanse me!”
13 Then Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
So He extended His hand and touched him, saying, “I want to; be cleansed!” Immediately the leprosy left him.
14 He instructed him to tell no one, but told him, “Go on your way, and show yourself to the priest and offer a sacrifice for your cleansing, according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”
Then He ordered him to tell no one, “But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing just as Moses prescribed, as a testimony to them.”
15 But the report about him spread even farther, and large crowds of people came together to hear him teach and to be healed of their sicknesses.
However the news about Him spread all the more, and large crowds kept gathering to hear and to be healed by Him of their sicknesses.
16 But he often withdrew into the deserted places and prayed.
So He Himself would withdraw into deserted places and pray.
17 It came about on one of those days that he was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there who had come from many different villages in the regions of Galilee and Judea, and also from the town of Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal.
Now it happened on a certain day that He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee, and from Judea and Jerusalem, sitting there—and the power of the Lord was there to heal them.
18 Now some men came, carrying on a mat a man that was paralyzed, and they looked for a way to bring him inside in order to lay him down in front of Jesus.
And then, some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a cot, and tried to take him in and place him before Him.
19 They could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, so they went up to the housetop and let the man down through the tiles, on his mat, into the midst of the people, right in front of Jesus.
When they could not find how to do it, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with the cot through the tiling into the center, in front of Jesus.
20 Seeing their faith, Jesus said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
Seeing their faith He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you!”
21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to question this, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
So the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22 But Jesus, perceiving what they were thinking, answered and said to them, “Why are you questioning this in your hearts?
But Jesus perceived their reasonings and reacted by saying to them: “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
23 Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you' or to say 'Get up and walk?'
Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you’, or to say, ‘Get up and walk!’?
24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—he said to the paralysed man—”I tell you, get up, pick up your mat and go to your house.”
But that you may know that the Son of the Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralyzed man: “I say to you, get up! Take your cot and go to your house.”
25 Immediately he got up in front of them and picked up the mat on which he was lying. Then he went away to his house, glorifying God.
Immediately he stood up in front of them, took up what he had been lying on, and set out to his own house glorifying God.
26 Everyone was amazed and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
Amazement gripped them all and they kept glorifying God; they were also filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”
27 After these things happened, Jesus went out from there and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax collector's tent. He said to him, “Follow me.”
After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, “Follow me!”
28 So Levi got up and followed him, leaving everything behind.
So leaving everything he got up and followed Him.
29 Then Levi gave a big banquet in his house for Jesus. There were many tax collectors there and other people who were reclining at the table and eating with them.
Then Levi made a great banquet for Him at his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other sinful people?”
Well the scribes and Pharisees complained about them to His disciples, saying, “How can you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?!”
31 Jesus answered them, “People who are well do not need a physician; only those who are sick.
So Jesus reacted and said to them: “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, just those who are sick.
32 I did not come to call righteous people to repentance, but to call sinners to repentance.”
I have not come to call righteous people to repentance, just sinners.”
33 They said to him, “The disciples of John often fast and pray, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same. But your disciples eat and drink.”
Then they said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but yours keep eating and drinking?”
34 Jesus said to them, “Can anyone make the wedding attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is still with them?
So 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 when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, then in those days they will fast.”
But days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then, in those days, they will fast.”
36 Then Jesus also spoke a parable to them. “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and uses it to mend an old garment. If he did that, he would tear the new garment, and the piece of cloth from the new garment would not fit with the cloth of the old garment.
Then He also told them a parable: “No one puts a patch from a new garment on an old one; otherwise, both the new makes a tear and that from the new does not match the old.
37 No one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does that, the new wine would burst the skins, and the wine would be spilled, and the wineskins would be destroyed.
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst those skins and will itself be spilled and the skins wasted.
38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
Rather, new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
39 No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is better.'”
Further, no one having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
