Luke 5
5:1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting
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. 4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. 7 They
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. 8 But 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 and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10 and 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.” 11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
12 While
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.” 13 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 And 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.” 15 But
now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds
gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. 16 But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.
17 On
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. 18 And 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, 19 but
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. 20 And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” 21 And
the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this
who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 22 When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? 24 But 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.” 25 And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. 26 And
amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with
awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
27 After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
29 And
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. 30 And
the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why
do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
33 And
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.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.” 36 He 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. 37 And
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. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”
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