Luke 5
King James Version
5 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
8 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 was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
Luke 5
English Standard Version
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
5 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by (A)the lake of Gennesaret, 2 (B)and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were (C)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 (D)he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, (E)“Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 And Simon answered, “Master, (F)we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6 And when they had done this, (G)they enclosed a large number of fish, and (H)their nets were breaking. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. (I)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, (J)“Depart from me, for (K)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.”[a] 11 And when they had brought their boats to land, (L)they left everything and followed him.
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
12 While he was in one of the cities, (M)there came a man full of leprosy.[b] And when he saw Jesus, he (N)fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, (O)if you will, you can make me clean.” 13 And Jesus[c] stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 And he charged him (P)to tell no one, but “go and show (Q)yourself to the priest, and (R)make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, (S)for a proof to them.” 15 (T)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 (U)he would withdraw to desolate places and (V)pray.
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and (W)teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And (X)the power of the Lord was with him to heal.[d] 18 (Y)And behold, some men were bringing (Z)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 (AA)the roof and let him down with his bed (AB)through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. 20 And (AC)when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, (AD)your sins are forgiven you.” 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks (AE)blasphemies? (AF)Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 22 When Jesus (AG)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 (AH)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, (AI)glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they (AJ)glorified God and were filled (AK)with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
Jesus Calls Levi
27 (AL)After this he went out and saw (AM)a tax collector named (AN)Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And (AO)leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company (AP)of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and (AQ)their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, (AR)“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 (AS)I have not come to call the righteous (AT)but sinners (AU)to repentance.”
A Question About Fasting
33 And they said to him, (AV)“The disciples of John (AW)fast often and (AX)offer prayers, (AY)and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, (AZ)“Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 (BA)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (BB)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 (BC)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.’”[e]
Luke 5
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The First Disciples
5 As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word,(A) he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.[a](B) 2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. 3 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.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.’(D)
5 ‘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]
6 When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets[c] began to tear. 7 So they signalled 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.
8 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) 9 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 face down, 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 paralysed. 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 paralysed 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 ill. 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
Lucas 5
Dios Habla Hoy
La pesca abundante(A)
5 En una ocasión, estando Jesús a orillas del Lago de Genesaret, se sentía apretujado por la multitud que quería oír el mensaje de Dios. 2 Jesús vio dos barcas en la playa. Los pescadores habían bajado de ellas a lavar sus redes. 3 Jesús subió a una de las barcas, que era de Simón, y le pidió que la alejara un poco de la orilla. Luego se sentó en la barca, y desde allí comenzó a enseñar a la gente. 4 Cuando terminó de hablar, le dijo a Simón:
—Lleva la barca a la parte honda del lago, y echen allí sus redes, para pescar.
5 Simón le contestó:
—Maestro, hemos estado trabajando toda la noche sin pescar nada; pero, ya que tú lo mandas, voy a echar las redes.
6 Cuando lo hicieron, recogieron tanto pescado que las redes se rompían. 7 Entonces hicieron señas a sus compañeros de la otra barca, para que fueran a ayudarlos. Ellos fueron, y llenaron tanto las dos barcas que les faltaba poco para hundirse. 8 Al ver esto, Simón Pedro se puso de rodillas delante de Jesús y le dijo:
—¡Apártate de mí, Señor, porque soy un pecador!
9 Es que Simón y todos los demás estaban asustados por aquella gran pesca que habían hecho. 10 También lo estaban Santiago y Juan, hijos de Zebedeo, que eran compañeros de Simón. Pero Jesús le dijo a Simón:
—No tengas miedo; desde ahora vas a pescar hombres.
11 Entonces llevaron las barcas a tierra, lo dejaron todo y se fueron con Jesús.
Jesús sana a un leproso(B)
12 Un día, estando Jesús en un pueblo, llegó un hombre enfermo de lepra; al ver a Jesús, se inclinó hasta el suelo y le rogó:
—Señor, si quieres, puedes limpiarme de mi enfermedad.
13 Jesús lo tocó con la mano, diciendo:
—Quiero. ¡Queda limpio!
Al momento se le quitó la lepra al enfermo, 14 y Jesús le ordenó:
—No se lo digas a nadie; solamente ve y preséntate al sacerdote, y lleva por tu purificación la ofrenda que ordenó Moisés, para que conste ante los sacerdotes.
15 Sin embargo, la fama de Jesús aumentaba cada vez más, y mucha gente se juntaba para oírlo y para que curara sus enfermedades. 16 Pero Jesús se retiraba a orar a lugares donde no había nadie.
Jesús perdona y sana a un paralítico(C)
17 Un día en que Jesús estaba enseñando, se habían sentado por allí algunos fariseos y maestros de la ley venidos de todas las aldeas de Galilea, y de Judea y Jerusalén. Y el poder del Señor se mostraba en Jesús sanando a los enfermos. 18 Entonces llegaron unos hombres que llevaban en una camilla a uno que estaba paralítico. Querían llevarlo adentro de la casa y ponerlo delante de Jesús, 19 pero no encontraban por dónde meterlo, porque había mucha gente; así que subieron al techo y, abriendo un hueco entre las tejas, bajaron al enfermo en la camilla, allí en medio de todos, delante de Jesús. 20 Cuando Jesús vio la fe que tenían, le dijo al enfermo:
—Amigo, tus pecados quedan perdonados.
21 Entonces los maestros de la ley y los fariseos comenzaron a pensar: «¿Quién es éste que se atreve a decir palabras ofensivas contra Dios? Sólo Dios puede perdonar pecados.»
22 Pero Jesús se dio cuenta de lo que estaban pensando, y les preguntó:
—¿Por qué piensan ustedes así? 23 ¿Qué es más fácil, decir: “Tus pecados quedan perdonados”, o decir: “Levántate y anda”? 24 Pues voy a demostrarles que el Hijo del hombre tiene autoridad en la tierra para perdonar pecados.
Entonces le dijo al paralítico:
—A ti te digo, levántate, toma tu camilla y vete a tu casa.
25 Al momento, el paralítico se levantó delante de todos, tomó la camilla en que estaba acostado y se fue a su casa alabando a Dios. 26 Todos se quedaron admirados y alabaron a Dios, y llenos de miedo dijeron:
—Hoy hemos visto cosas maravillosas.
Jesús llama a Leví(D)
27 Después de esto, Jesús salió y se fijó en uno de los que cobraban impuestos para Roma. Se llamaba Leví, y estaba sentado en el lugar donde cobraba los impuestos. Jesús le dijo:
—Sígueme.
28 Entonces Leví se levantó, y dejándolo todo siguió a Jesús.
29 Más tarde, Leví hizo en su casa una gran fiesta en honor de Jesús; y muchos de los que cobraban impuestos para Roma, junto con otras personas, estaban sentados con ellos a la mesa. 30 Pero los fariseos y los maestros de la ley del mismo partido comenzaron a criticar a los discípulos de Jesús. Les dijeron:
—¿Por qué comen y beben ustedes con cobradores de impuestos y pecadores?
31 Jesús les contestó:
—Los que están buenos y sanos no necesitan médico, sino los enfermos. 32 Yo no he venido a llamar a los justos, sino a los pecadores, para que se vuelvan a Dios.
La pregunta sobre el ayuno(E)
33 Le dijeron a Jesús:
—Los seguidores de Juan y de los fariseos ayunan mucho y hacen muchas oraciones, pero tus discípulos siempre comen y beben.
34 Jesús les contestó:
—¿Acaso pueden ustedes hacer ayunar a los invitados a una boda, mientras el novio está con ellos? 35 Pero llegará el momento en que se lleven al novio; cuando llegue ese día, entonces sí ayunarán.
36 También les puso esta comparación:
—Nadie corta un pedazo de un vestido nuevo para remendar un vestido viejo. Si lo hace así, echa a perder el vestido nuevo; además, el pedazo nuevo no quedará bien con el vestido viejo. 37 Ni tampoco se echa vino nuevo en cueros viejos, porque el vino nuevo hace que se revienten los cueros, y tanto el vino como los cueros se pierden. 38 Por eso hay que echar el vino nuevo en cueros nuevos. 39 Y nadie que toma el vino añejo quiere después el nuevo, porque dice: “El añejo es más sabroso.”
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