Lucas 5
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Una pesca milagrosa
5 Una vez Jesús estaba a la orilla del Lago de Galilea, y la gente se amontonó alrededor de él para escuchar el mensaje de Dios. 2 Jesús vio dos barcas en la playa. Estaban vacías porque los pescadores estaban lavando sus redes. 3 Una de esas barcas era de Simón Pedro. Jesús subió a ella y le pidió a Pedro que la alejara un poco de la orilla. Luego se sentó[a] en la barca, y desde allí comenzó a enseñar a la gente.
4 Cuando Jesús terminó de enseñarles, le dijo a Pedro:
—Lleva la barca a la parte honda del lago, y lanza las redes para pescar.
5 Pedro respondió:
—Maestro, toda la noche estuvimos trabajando muy duro y no pescamos nada. Pero, si tú lo mandas, voy a echar las redes.
6 Hicieron lo que Jesús les dijo, y fueron tantos los pescados que recogieron, que las redes estaban a punto de romperse. 7 Entonces hicieron señas a los compañeros de la otra barca, para que fueran enseguida a ayudarlos. Eran tantos los pescados que, entre todos, llenaron las dos barcas. Y las barcas estaban a punto de hundirse.
8 Al ver esto, Pedro se arrodilló delante de Jesús y le dijo:
—¡Señor, apártate de mí, porque soy un pecador!
9-10 Santiago y Juan, que eran hijos de Zebedeo, Pedro y todos los demás, estaban muy asombrados por la pesca tan abundante. Pero Jesús le dijo a Pedro:
—No tengas miedo. De hoy en adelante, en lugar de pescar peces, voy a enseñarte a ganar seguidores para mí.
11 Los pescadores llevaron las barcas a la orilla, dejaron todo lo que llevaban, y se fueron con Jesús.
Jesús sana a un hombre
12 Un día, Jesús estaba en un pueblo. De pronto llegó un hombre que estaba enfermo de lepra, se inclinó delante de Jesús hasta tocar el suelo con la frente, y le suplicó:
—Señor, yo sé que tú puedes sanarme.[b] ¿Quieres hacerlo?
13 Jesús extendió la mano, tocó al enfermo y le dijo:
—¡Sí quiero! ¡Queda sano!
De inmediato, el hombre quedó completamente sano. 14 Después, Jesús le dijo:
—No le digas a nadie lo que sucedió. Ve con el sacerdote y lleva la ofrenda que Moisés ordenó;[c] así los sacerdotes verán que ya no estás enfermo.
15 Jesús se hacía cada vez más famoso. Mucha gente se reunía para escuchar su mensaje, y otros venían para que él los sanara. 16 Pero Jesús siempre buscaba un lugar para estar solo y orar.
El hombre que no podía caminar
17 En cierta ocasión, Jesús estaba enseñando en una casa. Allí estaban sentados algunos fariseos y algunos maestros de la Ley. Habían venido de todos los pueblos de Galilea, de Judea, y de la ciudad de Jerusalén, para oír a Jesús.
Y como Jesús tenía el poder de Dios para sanar enfermos, 18 llegaron unas personas con una camilla, en la que llevaban a un hombre que no podía caminar. Querían poner al enfermo delante de Jesús, 19 pero no podían entrar en la casa porque en la entrada había mucha gente. Entonces subieron al techo[d] y abrieron allí un agujero. Por ese agujero bajaron al enfermo en la camilla, hasta ponerlo en medio de la gente, delante de Jesús.
20 Cuando Jesús vio la gran confianza que aquellos hombres tenían en él, le dijo al enfermo: «¡Amigo, te perdono tus pecados!»
21 Los maestros de la Ley y los fariseos pensaron: «¿Y éste quién se cree que es? ¡Qué barbaridades dice contra Dios! ¡Sólo Dios puede perdonar pecados!»
22 Jesús se dio cuenta de lo que estaban pensando, y les preguntó: «¿Por qué piensan así? 23 Díganme: ¿qué es más fácil? ¿Perdonar a este enfermo, o sanarlo? 24 Pues voy a demostrarles que yo, el Hijo del hombre, tengo autoridad aquí en la tierra para perdonar pecados.»
Entonces le dijo al hombre que no podía caminar: «Levántate, toma tu camilla y vete a tu casa.»
25 En ese mismo instante, y ante la mirada de todos, el hombre se levantó, tomó la camilla y se fue a su casa alabando a Dios.
26 Todos quedaron admirados y llenos de temor, y comenzaron a alabar a Dios diciendo: «¡Qué cosas tan maravillosas hemos visto hoy!»
Jesús llama a Mateo
27 Después de esto, Jesús se fue de aquel lugar. En el camino vio a un hombre llamado Mateo, que estaba cobrando impuestos para el gobierno de Roma. Jesús le dijo: «Sígueme».
28 Mateo se levantó, dejó todo lo que tenía, y lo siguió.
29 Ese mismo día, Mateo ofreció en su casa una gran fiesta en honor de Jesús. Allí estaban comiendo muchos cobradores de impuestos y otras personas. 30 Algunos fariseos y maestros de la Ley comenzaron a hablar contra los discípulos de Jesús, y les dijeron:
—¿Por qué comen ustedes con los cobradores de impuestos y con toda esta gente mala?
31 Jesús les respondió:
—Los que necesitan del médico son los enfermos, no los que están sanos. 32 Yo vine a invitar a los pecadores para que regresen a Dios, no a los que se creen buenos.
Jesús enseña sobre el ayuno
33 Algunas personas le dijeron a Jesús:
—Los discípulos de Juan el Bautista y los seguidores de los fariseos siempre dedican tiempo para ayunar y para orar. Tus discípulos, en cambio, nunca dejan de comer y de beber.
34 Jesús les respondió:
—Los invitados a una fiesta de bodas no ayunan mientras el novio está con ellos. 35 Pero llegará el momento en que se lleven al novio, y entonces los invitados ayunarán.
36 Jesús también les puso esta comparación:
«Si un vestido viejo se rompe, nadie corta un pedazo de un vestido nuevo para remendar el viejo. Si lo hace, echa a perder el vestido nuevo. Además, el remiendo nuevo se verá feo en el vestido viejo.
37 »Tampoco se echa vino nuevo en recipientes viejos porque, cuando el vino nuevo fermente, hará que reviente el cuero viejo. Entonces se perderá el vino nuevo, y los recipientes se destruirán. 38 Por eso, hay que echar vino nuevo en recipientes de cuero nuevo.
39 »Además, si una persona prueba el vino viejo, ya no quiere beber vino nuevo, porque habrá aprendido que el viejo es mejor.»
Footnotes
- Lucas 5:3 Se sentó: En la época de Jesús, los maestros acostumbraban sentarse para enseñar.
- Lucas 5:12 Puedes sanarme: lit. puedes limpiarme. En tiempos de Jesús, las personas con enfermedades en la piel eran consideradas como impuras delante de Dios. A esas personas no se les permitía vivir con los demás, pues todos tenían miedo de contagiarse de la enfermedad y quedar también impuros. Cuando Jesús sanó a este hombre, le dio la oportunidad de volver a vivir normalmente con los demás.
- Lucas 5:14 La ofrenda que Moisés ordenó: Se trataba del sacrificio de algunos corderos y de harina mezclada con aceite de oliva.
- Lucas 5:19 Techo: En Palestina las casas tenían techo plano, construido con vigas y tablones cubiertos con mezcla. La escalera, construida a un lado de la casa, permitía el fácil acceso al techo.
Luke 5
New King James Version
Four Fishermen Called as Disciples(A)
5 So (B)it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to (C)hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3 Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He (D)sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, (E)“Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught (F)nothing; nevertheless (G)at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 So 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 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, (H)“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
9 For he and all who were with him were (I)astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10 and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. (J)From now on you will catch men.” 11 So when they had brought their boats to land, (K)they [a]forsook all and followed Him.
Jesus Cleanses a Leper(L)
12 (M)And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of (N)leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and [b]implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
13 Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” (O)Immediately the leprosy left him. 14 (P)And He charged him to tell no one, “But go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as a testimony to them, (Q)just as Moses commanded.”
15 However, (R)the report went around concerning Him all the more; and (S)great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. 16 (T)So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and (U)prayed.
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic(V)
17 Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present [c]to heal them. 18 (W)Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. 19 And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst (X)before Jesus.
20 When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
21 (Y)And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? (Z)Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22 But when Jesus (AA)perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk’? 24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, (AB)“I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
25 Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, (AC)glorifying God. 26 And they were all amazed, and they (AD)glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”
Matthew the Tax Collector(AE)
27 (AF)After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, (AG)“Follow Me.” 28 So he left all, rose up, and (AH)followed Him.
29 (AI)Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And (AJ)there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 [d]And their scribes and the Pharisees [e]complained against His disciples, saying, (AK)“Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 (AL)I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting(AM)
33 Then they said to Him, (AN)“Why[f] do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”
34 And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the (AO)bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.”
36 (AP)Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one [g]puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, [h]and both are preserved. 39 And no one, having drunk old wine, [i]immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is [j]better.’ ”
Footnotes
- Luke 5:11 left behind
- Luke 5:12 begged
- Luke 5:17 NU with Him to heal
- Luke 5:30 NU But the Pharisees and their scribes
- Luke 5:30 grumbled
- Luke 5:33 NU omits Why do, making the verse a statement
- Luke 5:36 NU tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one
- Luke 5:38 NU omits and both are preserved
- Luke 5:39 NU omits immediately
- Luke 5:39 NU good
Luke 5
New International Version
Jesus Calls His First Disciples(A)
5 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.(B) 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.(C)
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”(D)
5 Simon answered, “Master,(E) we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything.(F) But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.(G) 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”(H) 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid;(I) from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.(J)
Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy(K)
12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.[b](L) When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
14 Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone,(M) but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded(N) for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
15 Yet the news about him spread all the more,(O) so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.(P)
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man(Q)
17 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law(R) were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.(S) 18 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. 19 When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”(T)
21 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”(U)
22 Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? 23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 But I want you to know that the Son of Man(V) has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 25 Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. 26 Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God.(W) They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners(X)
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,”(Y) Jesus said to him, 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.(Z)
29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors(AA) and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect(AB) complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”(AC)
31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(AD)
Jesus Questioned About Fasting(AE)
33 They said to him, “John’s disciples(AF) often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom(AG) fast while he is with them? 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them;(AH) in those days they will fast.”
36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’”
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