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.”
Luke 5
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 5
Jesus Calls the First Disciples.[a] 1 One day, as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with people crowding around him to hear the word of God, 2 he caught sight of two boats at the water’s edge. The fishermen had gotten out of the boats and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught 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.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard throughout the night and caught nothing; but if you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done this, they caught such a great number of fish that their nets were beginning to tear. 7 Therefore, they signaled to their companions in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats to the point that they were in danger of sinking.
8 When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” 9 For he and all of his companions were amazed at the catch they had made. 10 So too were Simon’s partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will be catching men.” 11 When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.
12 Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy.[b] In one of the towns that he visited, a man appeared whose body was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell prostrate before him and pleaded for his help, saying, “Lord, if you choose to do so, you can make me clean.” 13 He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do choose. Be made clean.” Immediately, the leprosy left him.
14 He then instructed him to tell no one. “Just go,” he said, “and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as prescribed by Moses. That will be proof for them.” 15 However, the reports about him continued to spread, so that large crowds assembled to listen to him and to be healed of their diseases. 16 But he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.
17 Jesus Pardons and Heals a Paralyzed Man.[c] One day, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem. And he possessed the power of the Lord to heal.
18 Then some men appeared, carrying a paralyzed man on a bed. They tried to bring him in and set him down in front of Jesus. 19 However, finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up onto the roof and lowered him on the bed through the tiles into the middle of the crowd surrounding Jesus.
20 On perceiving their faith, Jesus said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.” 21 Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to ask each other, “Who is this man uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22 Jesus discerned what they were thinking, and he said in reply, “Why do you entertain such thoughts in your hearts? 23 Which is easier—to say: ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say: ‘Stand up and walk’? 24 But that you may come to realize that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralyzed man—“I say to you, stand up, and take your bed, and go to your home.” 25 Immediately, the man stood up before them, picked up his bed, and went home glorifying God. 26 They were all overcome with amazement, and they praised God as, awestruck, they said, “We have witnessed unbelievable things today.”
27 Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew).[d][e]After this, he went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting at his customs post. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,” 28 and, leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him.
29 Jesus Dines with Sinners. Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for him, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them. 30 The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”[f] 31 Jesus said to them in reply, “It is not the healthy who need a physician, but rather those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
33 A Time of Joy and Grace.[g] Then they said to him, “John’s disciples fast frequently and pray often, and the disciples of the Pharisees do likewise, but your disciples eat and drink.” 34 Jesus said to them, “How can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is still with them? 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then, in those days, they will fast.”
36 He also told them this parable: “No one tears a piece from a new cloak and sews it on an old cloak. If he does, the new cloak will be torn, and the piece from it will not match that of the old. 37 Nor does anyone pour new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and spill out, and the skins will be destroyed. 38 Rather new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one who has been drinking old wine will wish for new wine, for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”
Footnotes
- Luke 5:1 This passage demonstrates the art of the writer. Luke inserts the call of the first disciples into a context of preaching and performing mighty deeds. He slightly weakens the abrupt character that the event retains in Mark (1:16-18) and gives a greater human plausibility to the response of these men. But he stresses just as much the demands of the apostolic task. Trying to draw people away from the evils that assail them entails many difficulties. God requires humans to participate in this endeavor and to carry out their missionary work as a team in which all must share the pain. In this passage, Peter already occupies a representative place. Nonetheless, upon meeting Christ he discovers how much he himself is the victim of evil and sin. Jesus expects those who are his to be totally committed to the Word and, if necessary, to renounce their profession, their situation, and their security.
- Luke 5:12 When duly confirmed as the Law requires (see Lev 14:2-3), the cure of a leper will attest to the priests the power of Jesus over an evil that destroys humans.
- Luke 5:17 The description of the miracle worked for the paralyzed man is vivid, as in Matthew and Mark, even if, in order to make it more intelligible to his readers, Luke speaks simply of a roof instead of a Palestinian roof-terrace.
- Luke 5:27 No one could be regarded as more of a sinner in the time of Jesus than the tax collectors (also translated as “publicans”) sitting at their customs post. Christ, more than once, created a scandal in the eyes of right-thinking people, who were quick to distinguish between the righteous and sinners. The Church recalls these occasions to keep herself from becoming a closed sect. The lesson is still valid today: to refuse to associate with others because we have catalogued them as sinners and because we consider ourselves to be in the ranks of the righteous is opposed to the Gospel. We must all regard ourselves as sinners and rejoice over the salvation that Jesus offers everyone. Moreover, only those receive salvation who loyally acknowledge the need of being saved.
- Luke 5:27 See notes on Mt 5:46 and Mk 2:14.
- Luke 5:30 Sinners: see note on Mk 2:15.
- Luke 5:33 For the moment, Jesus refuses to impose on his disciples the ascetic and devout practices of Judaism. (See note on Mk 2:20.) The Messiah is here—it is a time of joy. God, so to speak, becomes the Spouse of all people. The three Synoptic Gospels add other sentences, which underline the newness of the Gospel. It is not a rearrangement of ancient law and doctrines; the New Covenant requires a new mentality and a new openness.
The last verse, proper to Luke, alludes to the refusal to accept the Gospel on the part of the teachers of the law. They rejected the wonderful newness of the Gospel and were content with the teachings to which they were accustomed.
Lukas 5
Orthodox Jewish Bible
5 Now it came about that while the multitude was listening to the dvar Hashem and pressing in upon Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, he had been standing beside Lake Kinneret,
2 And he saw two sirot (boats) having been beside the lake. But the daiyagim (fishermen) had left them and were cleaning the nets.
3 And embarking into one of the sirot which was Shimon’s, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach asked Shimon to put out from the land a little; and having sat down, from the sirah (boat) to the multitudes Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach was saying shiurim.
4 And when he stopped speaking, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to Shimon, Put out into the deep (water) and let down your nets for a catch.
5 And in reply, Shimon said, Adoni, throughout the whole lailah we have labored and caught nothing. But on account of your dvar I will let down the nets.
6 And having done this, they enclosed asach (a lot of) dagim, and their nets were being torn.
7 And they signaled for their shuttafim (partners) in the other sirah to come and help them. And they came and they filled both sirot (boats) so much that they began to sink.
8 And having seen this, Shimon Kefa fell down before Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, saying, Depart from me, Adoni, for an ish choteh (sinful man) am I. [BERESHIS 18:27; IYOV 42:6; YESHAYAH 6:5]
9 For astonishment seized Shimon Kefa and all the ones with him on account of the catch of dagim which they took;
10 And likewise also Yaakov and Yochanan the banim of Zavdai, who were business shuttafim (partners) with Shimon. And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to Shimon, Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch bnei Adam.
11 And having left behind the sirot on the shore, they forsook all, and followed him [as talmidim].
12 And it came about, while he was in one of the shtetlach, hinei, there was an ish metzorah full of leprosy. And having seen Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, and having fallen on his face, he begged him saying, Adoni, if you are willing, you are able to make me tahor (clean).
13 And having stretched out his hand, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach touched him, saying, I am willing. Be made tahor. And, ofen ort (immediately), the leprosy departed from him.
14 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave orders to him to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the kohen and make a korban for your tohorah (purification) as Moshe Rabbeinu gave mitzvah; do this for an edut (solemn testimony) to them. [VAYIKRA 14:2-32]
15 But the man was spreading even more the dvar about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and many multitudes were assembling to listen and to receive refuah (healing) from their machlot (illnesses).
16 But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was withdrawing in hitbodedut (seclusion, aloneness with G-d) into the wilderness places and was davening.
17 And it came about, on one of the yamim when he was teaching Torah, that the Perushim and Sofrim had come from every shtetl of the Galil and Yehudah and Yerushalayim and were sitting by. And the power of Hashem was with Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach to bring refuah (healing).
18 And hinei, anashim were carrying on a mat a man who had been paralyzed, and they were seeking to carry in the paralytic and to place him before Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach.
19 And not having found by what way they might carry him, because of the multitude, and having gone up onto the roof, they let the man down with the mat through the tiles so that he was right in the center in front of Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach.
20 And having seen their emunah, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said, Ben Adam, your chatta’im (sins) have received selicha (forgiveness).
21 And the Sofrim began to raise kashes (questions), and also the Perushim, saying, Who is this who is speaking Chillul Hashem gidduf? Who is able to grant selicha to chatta’im but Hashem alone?
22 But he having had daas of their machshavot (thoughts), said to them in reply, Why are you reasoning in your levavot?
23 Which is easier: to say, Your chatta’im have been granted selicha, or to say, Get up and walk?
24 But in order that you may have da’as that the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach, DANIEL 7:13] has samchut on HaAretz to grant selicha to chatta’im, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to the one having been paralyzed, To you I say, Get up, pick up your mat, and go to your bais (house, home).
25 And at once the man arose in front of them, picked up the mat upon which he was lying, and departed to his bais, shouting, Baruch Hashem!
26 And astonishment seized everyone, and they were shouting, Baruch Hashem! And they were filled with yirat Shomayim, saying, Hayom (today) our eyes have beheld niflaot (wonders)!
27 And after these things Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach went out and saw a moches (tax collector) named Levi [Mattityahu] sitting in the tax office, and he said to him, Follow me.
28 And having forsaken all and having got up, Levi was following Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach.
29 And Levi arranged a large seudah in his bais for Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, and there was a great number of mochesim and others who were with them, reclining at tish.
30 And the Perushim and their Sofrim were murmuring against Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach’s talmidim, saying, Why with the mochesim and choteim are you eating and drinking?
31 And in reply, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to them, It is not the bariim who have need of a rofeh, but the cholim (sick persons);
32 I have not come to call the tzaddikim but choteim (sinners) to teshuva (repentance).
33 But they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Yochanan’s talmidim undergo tzomot (fasts) often and offer tefillos; likewise also the ones of the Perushim; but your talmidim eat and drink.
34 But Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to them, You are not able to make the Bnei haChuppah undergo tzomot while the Choson is with them, are you?
35 But yamim will come when the Choson is taken away from them; then, in those yamim, they will undergo tzomot.
36 Now Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was telling also a mashal to them: No one tears a piece from a new garment, and sews it as a patch on an old garment. Otherwise, both the new will be torn, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
37 And no one puts yayin chadash (new wine) into old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the wineskins, it will be spilled, and the wineskins will be destroyed.
38 Rather, yayin chadash must be put into new wineskins.
39 And no one having drunk the old desires the chadash (new), for he says, The alter (old) is besere (better). [T.N. Lukas wrote this book sometime around 63 B.C.E.]
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