The First Disciples

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word,(A) he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.[a](B) He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats,(C) which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”(D)

“Master,”(E) Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But if you say so, I’ll let down the nets.”[b]

When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets[c] began to tear. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’s knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!” (F) For he and all those with him were amazed(G) at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,”(H) Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people.”(I) 11 Then they brought the boats to land, left everything, and followed him.(J)

A Man Cleansed

12 While he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy[d] all over him.(K) He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

13 Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him,(L) saying, “I am willing; be made clean,” and immediately the leprosy left him. 14 Then he ordered him to tell no one:(M) “But go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses commanded for your cleansing as a testimony to them.”

15 But the news[e] about him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 Yet he often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.(N)

The Son of Man Forgives and Heals

17 On one of those days while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law(O) were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in him.(P) 18 Just then some men came,(Q) carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and set him down before him. 19 Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

20 Seeing their faith he said, “Friend,[f] your sins are forgiven.”

21 Then the scribes and the Pharisees(R) began to think to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” (S)

22 But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?[g] 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 earth to forgive sins”—he told the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.”

25 Immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.(T) 26 Then everyone was astounded, and they were giving glory to God. And they were filled with awe(U) and said, “We have seen incredible things today.”

The Call of Levi

27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office,(V) and he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 So, leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow him.

29 Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the table with them.(W) 30 But the Pharisees and their scribes(X) were complaining to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31 Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

A Question about Fasting

33 Then they said to him, “John’s disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but yours eat and drink.”

34 Jesus said to them, “You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you? 35 But the time[h] will come(Y) when the groom will be taken away from them—then they will fast in those days.”

36 He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill, and the skins will be ruined. 38 No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins.[i] 39 And no one, after drinking old wine, wants new, because he says, ‘The old is better.’”[j]

Footnotes

  1. 5:1 Another name for the Sea of Galilee
  2. 5:5 Other mss read net (Gk sg)
  3. 5:6 Other mss read net (Gk sg)
  4. 5:12 Gk lepros; a term for various skin diseases, also in v. 13; see Lv 13–14
  5. 5:15 Lit the word
  6. 5:20 Lit “Man
  7. 5:22 Or minds
  8. 5:35 Lit days
  9. 5:38 Other mss add And so both are preserved.
  10. 5:39 Or good

The First Disciples

(A)Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by (B)the lake of Gennesaret; and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. And (C)He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the [a]people from the boat. When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and (D)let down your nets for a catch.” Simon answered and said, “(E)Master, (F)we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but [b]I will do as You say and let down the nets.” When they had done this, (G)they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break; so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ [c]feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!” For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken; 10 and so also were [d]James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, (H)Do not fear, from now on you will be (I)catching men.” 11 When they had brought their boats to land, (J)they left everything and followed Him.

The Leper and the Paralytic

12 (K)While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man [e]covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” 13 And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 And He ordered him to tell no one, “But go and (L)show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” 15 But (M)the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus Himself would often slip away [f]to the [g]wilderness and (N)pray.

17 [h]One day He was teaching; and (O)there were some Pharisees and (P)teachers of the law sitting there, who had (Q)come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and (R)the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. 18 (S)And some men were carrying on a [i]bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. 19 But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on (T)the roof and let him down (U)through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. 20 Seeing their faith, He said, [j]Friend, (V)your sins are forgiven you.” 21 The scribes and the Pharisees (W)began to reason, saying, “(X)Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? (Y)Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” 22 But Jesus, [k]aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to the (Z)paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.” 25 Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home (AA)glorifying God. 26 [l]They were all struck with astonishment and began (AB)glorifying God; and they were filled (AC)with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

Call of Levi (Matthew)

27 (AD)After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named [m](AE)Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” 28 And he (AF)left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.

29 And (AG)Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of (AH)tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. 30 (AI)The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and [n]sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered and said to them, (AJ)It is not those who are well who need 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, “(AK)The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do [o]the same, but Yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the [p]attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? 35 (AL)But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” 36 And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”

Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:3 Lit crowds
  2. Luke 5:5 Lit upon Your word
  3. Luke 5:8 Lit knees
  4. Luke 5:10 Or Jacob
  5. Luke 5:12 Lit full of
  6. Luke 5:16 Lit in
  7. Luke 5:16 Or deserted places
  8. Luke 5:17 Lit On one of the days
  9. Luke 5:18 Or stretcher
  10. Luke 5:20 Lit Man
  11. Luke 5:22 Or perceiving
  12. Luke 5:26 Lit Astonishment took them all
  13. Luke 5:27 Also called Matthew
  14. Luke 5:30 I.e. irreligious Jews
  15. Luke 5:33 Or likewise
  16. Luke 5:34 Lit sons of the bridal-chamber

Nangyari nga, (A)na samantalang siya'y sinisiksik ng karamihan na pinakikinggan ang salita ng Dios, na siya'y nakatayo sa tabi ng dagatdagatan ng Genezaret;

(B)At nakakita siya ng dalawang daong na nasa tabi ng dagatdagatan: datapuwa't nagsilunsad sa mga yaon ang mga mamamalakaya, at hinuhugasan ang kanilang mga lambat.

At lumulan siya sa isa sa mga daong, na kay Simon, at ipinamanhik niya dito na ilayo ng kaunti sa lupa. At siya'y naupo at nagturo sa mga karamihan (C)buhat sa daong.

At pagtigil niya ng pagsasalita, ay sinabi niya kay Simon, (D)Pumaroon ka sa laot, at ihulog ninyo ang inyong mga lambat upang mamalakaya.

At sumagot si Simon at sinabi, Guro, sa buong magdamag ay (E)nagsipagpagal kami, at wala kaming nahuli: datapuwa't sa iyong salita ay ihuhulog ko ang mga lambat.

At nang magawa nila ito, ay nakahuli sila ng lubhang maraming isda; at nagkampupunit ang kanilang mga lambat;

At kinawayan nila ang mga (F)kasamahan (G)sa isang daong upang magsilapit at sila'y tulungan. At sila'y nagsilapit at nangapuno ang dalawang daong, ano pa't sila'y nagpasimulang lulubog.

Datapuwa't nang makita ni Simon Pedro, ay nagpatirapa sa mga tuhod ni Jesus, na nagsasabi, (H)Lumayo ka sa akin; sapagka't ako'y taong makasalanan, Oh Panginoon.

Sapagka't siya at ang lahat ng kasama niya ay nagsipanggilalas, dahil sa karamihan ng mga isdang kanilang nangahuli:

10 At gayon din si Santiago at si Juan, mga anak ni Zebedeo, na mga kasama ni Simon. At sinabi ni Jesus kay Simon, Huwag kang matakot; mula ngayon ay mamamalakaya ka ng mga tao.

11 At nang maisadsad na nila sa lupa ang kanilang mga daong, ay (I)iniwan nila ang lahat, at nagsisunod sa kaniya.

12 At nangyari, samantalang siya'y (J)nasa isa sa mga bayan, narito, may isang lalake na lipos ng ketong: at nang makita niya si Jesus, ay nagpatirapa siya, at namanhik sa kaniya, na sinasabi, Panginoon, kung ibig mo, ay maaaring linisin mo ako.

13 At iniunat niya ang kaniyang kamay at siya'y hinipo, na sinasabi, Ibig ko; luminis ka. At pagdaka'y nilisan siya ng ketong.

14 At ipinagbilin niya sa kaniya na huwag sabihin kanino man: (K)kundi yumaon ka ng iyong lakad, at pakita ka sa saserdote, at maghandog ka sa pagkalinis sa iyo, alinsunod sa iniutos ni Moises, na pinakapatotoo sa kanila.

15 (L)Datapuwa't lalo nang kumakalat ang balita tungkol sa kaniya: at nangagkatipon ang lubhang maraming tao upang makinig, at upang pagalingin sa kanilang mga sakit.

16 Datapuwa't siya'y lumigpit (M)sa mga ilang, at nananalangin.

17 At nangyari nang isa sa mga araw na yaon, na siya'y nagtuturo; at may nangakaupo doong mga Fariseo at (N)mga guro sa kautusan, na nagsipanggaling sa bawa't nayon ng Galilea at Judea at Jerusalem: at ang kapangyarihan ng Panginoon ay sumasa kaniya upang magpagaling.

18 At narito, (O)dinala ng mga tao na nasa isang higaan ang isang lalaking lumpo: at pinagpipilitan niyang maipasok siya, at ilagay siya sa harap nila.

19 At sa hindi pagkasumpong ng mapagpapasukan, dahil sa karamihan, ay nagsiakyat sila (P)sa bubungan ng bahay, at siya'y inihugos mula sa butas ng bubungan pati ng kaniyang higaan, sa gitna, sa harapan ni Jesus.

20 At pagkakita sa kanilang pananampalataya, ay kaniyang sinabi, Lalake, ipinatatawad sa iyo ang iyong mga kasalanan.

21 At ang mga eskriba at mga Fariseo ay nangagpasimulang mangagkatuwiranan, na nangagsasabi, Sino ito na nagsasalita ng mga kapusungan? (Q)Sino ang makapagpapatawad ng mga kasalanan, kundi ang Dios lamang?

22 Datapuwa't si Jesus, na nakatatanto ng kanilang mga iniisip, ay sumagot at sinabi sa kanila, Bakit pinagbubulaybulay ninyo sa inyong mga puso?

23 Alin baga ang lalong magaang sabihin, Ipinatatawad sa iyo ang iyong mga kasalanan; o sabihin, Magtindig ka at lumakad ka?

24 Datapuwa't upang maalaman ninyo na ang Anak ng tao ay may kapamahalaan sa lupa na magpatawad ng mga kasalanan (sinabi niya sa lumpo), Sa iyo ko sinasabi, Magtindig ka, at buhatin mo ang iyong higaan, at umuwi ka sa bahay mo.

25 At pagdaka'y nagtindig siya sa harap nila, at binuhat (R)ang kaniyang hinigan, at napasa kaniyang bahay, (S)na niluluwalhati ang Dios.

26 At nagsipanggilalas ang lahat at niluwalhati nila ang Dios; at (T)nangapuspos sila ng takot, na nangagsasabi, Nakakita kami ngayon ng mga bagay na katakataka.

27 At pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, (U)siya'y umalis, at nakita ang isang maniningil ng buwis, na nagngangalang Levi, na nakaupo sa paningilan ng buwis, at sinabi sa kaniya, Sumunod ka sa akin.

28 At iniwan niya ang lahat at nagtindig at sumunod sa kaniya.

29 At siya'y ipinagpiging ng malaki ni Levi sa kaniyang bahay: at lubhang maraming (V)maniningil ng buwis at mga iba pa na nangakasalo nila sa dulang.

30 At nangagbulongbulungan ang mga Fariseo at ang kanilang mga eskriba laban sa kaniyang mga alagad, na nangagsasabi, Bakit kayo'y nagsisikain at nagsisiinom na kasalo ng mga maniningil ng buwis at ng mga makasalanan?

31 At pagsagot ni Jesus ay sinabi sa kanila, Ang mga walang sakit ay hindi nangangailangan ng manggagamot; kundi ang mga may sakit.

32 (W)Hindi ako pumarito upang tawagin ang mga matuwid, kundi ang mga makasalanan sa pagsisisi.

33 (X)At sinabi (Y)nila sa kaniya, Ang mga alagad ni Juan ay nangagaayunong madalas, at (Z)nagsisigawa ng mga pagdaing; gayon din ang mga alagad ng mga Fariseo; datapuwa't ang mga iyo'y nagsisikain at nagsisiinom.

34 At sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, Mangyayari bagang papagayunuhin ninyo ang mga abay sa kasalan samantalang ang kasintahang lalake ay kasama nila?

35 (AA)Datapuwa't darating ang mga araw; at pagka inalis sa kanila ang kasintahang lalake, kung magkagayo'y mangagaayuno sila sa mga araw na yaon.

36 At sinalita rin naman niya sa kanila ang isang talinghaga: Walang taong pumilas sa bagong damit at itinagpi sa damit na luma; sa ibang paraa'y sisirain ang bago, at sa luma naman ay hindi bagay ang tagping mula sa bago.

37 At walang taong nagsisilid ng alak na bago sa mga balat na luma; sa ibang paraa'y papuputukin ng alak na bago ang mga balat, at mabububo, masisira ang mga balat.

38 Kundi dapat isilid ang alak na bago sa mga bagong balat.

39 At walang taong nakainom ng alak na laon, ay iibig sa alak na bago; sapagka't sasabihin niya, Mabuti ang laon.