Luke5

¹On one occasion , while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God , he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret ,

²and he saw two boats by the lake , but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets .

³Getting into one of the boats , which was Simon’s , he asked him to put out a little from the land . And he sat down and taught the people from the boat .

⁴And when he had finished speaking , he said to Simon , Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch .

⁵And Simon answered , Master , we toiled all night and took nothing ! But at your word I will let down the nets .

⁶And when they had done this , they enclosed a large number of fish , and their nets were breaking .

⁷They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them . And they came and filled both the boats , so that they began to sink .

⁸But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus ’ knees , saying , Depart from me , for I am a sinful man , O Lord .

⁹For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken ,

¹⁰and so also were James and John , sons of Zebedee , who were partners with Simon . And Jesus said to Simon , Do not be afraid ; from now on you will be catching men .

¹¹And when they had brought their boats to land , they left everything and followed him .

¹²While he was in one of the cities , there came a man full of leprosy . And when he saw Jesus , he fell on his face and begged him , Lord , if you will , you can make me clean .

¹³And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him , saying , I will ; be clean . And immediately the leprosy left him .

¹⁴And he charged him to tell no one , but go and show yourself to the priest , and make an offering for your cleansing , as Moses commanded , for a proof to them .

¹⁵But now even more the report about him went abroad , and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities .

¹⁶But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray .

¹⁷On one of those days , as he was teaching , Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem . And the power of the Lord was with him to heal .

¹⁸And behold , some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed , and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus,

¹⁹but finding no way to bring him in , because of the crowd , they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus .

²⁰And when he saw their faith , he said , Man , your sins are forgiven you .

²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question , saying , Who is this who speaks blasphemies ? Who can forgive sins but God alone ?

²²When Jesus perceived their thoughts , he answered them , Why do you question in your hearts ?

²³Which is easier , to say , Your sins are forgiven you , or to say , Rise and walk ?

²⁴But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins —he said to the man who was paralyzed — I say to you , rise , pick up your bed and go home.

²⁵And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home , glorifying God .

²⁶And amazement seized them all , and they glorified God and were filled with awe , saying , We have seen extraordinary things today .

²⁷After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi , sitting at the tax booth . And he said to him , Follow me .

²⁸And leaving everything , he rose and followed him .

²⁹And Levi made him a great feast in his house , and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them .

³⁰And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples , saying , Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners ?

³¹And Jesus answered them , Those who are well have no need of a physician , but those who are sick .

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

³³And they said to him , The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers , and so do the disciples of the Pharisees , but yours eat and drink .

³⁴And Jesus said to them , Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them ?

³⁵The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them , and then they will fast in those days .

³⁶He also told them a parable : No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment . If he does , he will tear the new , and the piece from the new will not match the old .

³⁷And no one puts new wine into old wineskins . If he does , the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled , and the skins will be destroyed .

³⁸But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins .

³⁹And no one after drinking old wine desires new , for he says , The old is good .