第一批門徒

有一次,當人群擁擠著耶穌,聽神的話語[a]的時候,他正站在革尼撒勒湖邊[b] 他看見湖邊停著兩條船,漁夫們下了船,正在洗網。 有一條船是西門的,耶穌上去,請他把船划出去,稍微離岸。耶穌就坐下來,從船上教導眾人。

講完了以後,他對西門說:「把船划到水深的地方,下網捕魚吧。」

西門回答說:「老師,我們勞碌了一整夜,什麼也沒有捕到。不過按照你的話,我就下網吧。」

他們這樣做了,網住了一大群魚,漁網幾乎要撐破。 他們就招呼另一條船上的夥伴來幫忙;他們過來,裝滿了兩條船,甚至兩條船都幾乎要沉下去了。

西門彼得看見,就俯伏在耶穌腳[c]前,說:「主啊,離開我吧,因為我是個罪人!」 那時,他和所有與他一起的人,都對這一網捕到的魚驚訝不已。 10 西門的夥伴,就是西庇太的兒子雅各約翰,也同樣驚訝。

耶穌對西門說:「不要怕!從今以後,你將得人了[d]。」 11 他們把兩條船靠了岸,捨棄一切跟從了耶穌。

潔淨痲瘋病人

12 有一次,耶穌在一個城裡,忽然有個渾身長滿痲瘋的人,看見耶穌就把臉伏在地上,央求他說:「主啊,如果你願意,你就能潔淨我。」

13 耶穌伸出手來摸他,說:「我願意,你潔淨了吧!」痲瘋病立刻離開了他。 14 耶穌吩咐他不要告訴任何人,說:「只要去把自己給祭司看,並且為了你的潔淨,照著摩西所吩咐的去獻上祭物,好對他們做見證。」

15 耶穌的消息反而越發傳開了。有一大群人聚集而來,聽他傳道[e],也要他們的病得痊癒。 16 耶穌卻常常退到曠野去禱告。

赦罪與治病

17 就在那些日子裡,有一天耶穌在教導人的時候,也有些法利賽人和律法教師坐在那裡,他們是從加利利猶太地區的各村莊,以及耶路撒冷來的。主的大能與耶穌同在,使他能醫病。 18 這時候,有幾個人用床榻抬來一個癱瘓的人,想把他帶進去放在耶穌面前。 19 但由於人多,他們沒有辦法[f]把他帶進去,就爬上屋頂,從屋瓦中間把他和床榻一起縋到眾人當中,正在耶穌面前。

20 耶穌看見他們的信心,就對癱瘓的人說:「朋友[g],你的罪孽已經被赦免了。」

21 那些經文士和法利賽人就開始想:「這個人是誰?竟說褻瀆的話。除了神一位之外,誰能赦免罪呢?」

22 耶穌知道他們的意念,就對他們說:「你們心裡為什麼這樣想呢? 23 或說『你的罪孽已經被赦免了』,或說『你起來走路』,哪一樣更容易呢? 24 不過為要使你們知道人子在地上有赦免罪的權柄——」耶穌就對癱瘓的人說:「我吩咐你:起來,拿起你的床榻,回家去吧!」

25 那個人立刻在大家面前站了起來,拿起他所躺的床榻回家去,一路上榮耀神。 26 於是大家都驚訝不已,就不住地榮耀神,並且滿懷敬畏之心說:「我們今天看到奇妙的事了!」

呼召利未

27 這些事以後,耶穌出去,看到一個名叫利未[h]的稅吏,在稅關坐著。耶穌對他說:「你跟從我!」 28 利未就撇下一切,站起來跟從了耶穌。

與罪人吃飯

29 利未在自己家裡為耶穌預備盛大的宴席,有一大群稅吏和其他人與他們一同坐席。 30 法利賽人和他們的經文士就向耶穌的門徒們抱怨,說:「你們為什麼與那些稅吏和罪人一起吃喝呢?」

31 耶穌對他們說:「健康的人不需要醫生,有病的人才需要。 32 我來不是要召喚義人,而是要召喚罪人來悔改。」

禁食的問題

33 他們對耶穌說:「約翰的門徒們經常禁食、祈禱,法利賽人的門徒們也是如此,而你的門徒們卻又吃又喝。[i]

34 耶穌對他們說:「新郎與賓客[j]在一起的時候,難道你們能叫賓客禁食嗎? 35 可是日子將要來到:當新郎從他們中間被帶走的時候,他們那時——在那些日子裡就要禁食了。」

36 耶穌又對他們講了一個比喻:「沒有人從新衣服上撕下一塊布來縫在舊衣服上,否則,他不但撕破了新衣服,而且來自新衣服的那塊布與舊衣服不相稱。 37 也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裡,否則新酒會脹破舊皮袋,酒會流出來,皮袋也會糟蹋了。 38 因此,新酒必須裝在新皮袋裡。[k] 39 沒有人喝了陳酒以後想喝新酒,因為他總說:『還是陳酒好[l]。』」

Footnotes

  1. 路加福音 5:1 神的話語——或譯作「神的道」。
  2. 路加福音 5:1 革尼撒勒湖——就是「加利利湖」。
  3. 路加福音 5:8 腳——原文直譯「膝」。
  4. 路加福音 5:10 你將得人了——原文直譯「你將是一個捕人的人」。
  5. 路加福音 5:15 他傳道——輔助詞語。
  6. 路加福音 5:19 沒有辦法——原文直譯「找不到辦法」。
  7. 路加福音 5:20 朋友——原文直譯「人哪」。
  8. 路加福音 5:27 利未——就是「馬太」。
  9. 路加福音 5:33 約翰的門徒們……又吃又喝。——有古抄本作「為什麼約翰的門徒們……又吃又喝呢?」
  10. 路加福音 5:34 賓客——或譯作「伴郎」;原文直譯「新房之子」。
  11. 路加福音 5:38 有古抄本附「這樣兩者都保全了。」
  12. 路加福音 5:39 好——有古抄本作「更好」。

Jesus Calls the First Disciples(A)

(B)One day Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret while the people pushed their way up to him to listen to the word of God. He saw two boats pulled up on the beach; the fishermen had left them and were washing the nets. Jesus got into one of the boats—it belonged to Simon—and asked him to push off a little from the shore. Jesus sat in the boat and taught the crowd.

When he finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Push the boat out further to the deep water, and you and your partners let down your nets for a catch.”

(C)“Master,” Simon answered, “we worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But if you say so, I will let down the nets.” (D)They let them down and caught such a large number of fish that the nets were about to break. So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats so full of fish that the boats were about to sink. When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he fell on his knees before Jesus and said, “Go away from me, Lord! I am a sinful man!”

He and the others with him were all amazed at the large number of fish they had caught. 10 The same was true of Simon's partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. Jesus said to Simon, “Don't be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.”

11 They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and followed Jesus.

Jesus Heals a Man(E)

12 Once Jesus was in a town where there was a man who was suffering from a dreaded skin disease. When he saw Jesus, he threw himself down and begged him, “Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean!”[a]

13 Jesus reached out and touched him. “I do want to,” he answered. “Be clean!” At once the disease left the man. 14 (F)Jesus ordered him, “Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him examine you; then to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the sacrifice as Moses ordered.”

15 But the news about Jesus spread all the more widely, and crowds of people came to hear him and be healed from their diseases. 16 But he would go away to lonely places, where he prayed.

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man(G)

17 One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law were sitting there who had come from every town in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present for Jesus to heal the sick. 18 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a bed, and they tried to carry him into the house and put him in front of Jesus. 19 Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus. 20 When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven, my friend.”

21 The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to say to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks such blasphemy! God is the only one who can forgive sins!”

22 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Why do you think such things? 23 Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, pick up your bed, and go home!”

25 At once the man got up in front of them all, took the bed he had been lying on, and went home, praising God. 26 They were all completely amazed! Full of fear, they praised God, saying, “What marvelous things we have seen today!”

Jesus Calls Levi(H)

27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” 28 Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.

29 Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people. 30 (I)Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to their group complained to Jesus' disciples. “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts?” they asked.

31 Jesus answered them, “People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts.”

The Question about Fasting(J)

33 Some people said to Jesus, “The disciples of John fast frequently and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but your disciples eat and drink.”

34 Jesus answered, “Do you think you can make the guests at a wedding party go without food as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! 35 But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”

36 Jesus also told them this parable: “You don't tear a piece off a new coat to patch up an old coat. If you do, you will have torn the new coat, and the piece of new cloth will not match the old. 37 Nor do you pour new wine into used wineskins, because the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will pour out, and the skins will be ruined. 38 Instead, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins! 39 And you don't want new wine after drinking old wine. ‘The old is better,’ you say.”

Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:12 This disease was considered to make a person ritually unclean.

Four Fishermen Called as Disciples(A)

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, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 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.

When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, (E)“Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

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.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 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. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, (H)“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”

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

  1. Luke 5:11 left behind
  2. Luke 5:12 begged
  3. Luke 5:17 NU with Him to heal
  4. Luke 5:30 NU But the Pharisees and their scribes
  5. Luke 5:30 grumbled
  6. Luke 5:33 NU omits Why do, making the verse a statement
  7. Luke 5:36 NU tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one
  8. Luke 5:38 NU omits and both are preserved
  9. Luke 5:39 NU omits immediately
  10. Luke 5:39 NU good

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,

And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

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.

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

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.

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

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.

When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

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.