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

“Master,”(B) Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing! But at Your word, 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’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:4 Lit and you (pl in Gk) let down
  2. Luke 5:5 Other mss read net (Gk sg)
  3. Luke 5:6 Other mss read net (Gk sg)

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

Simon answered, “Master,(B) we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything.(C) But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.(D) 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.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”(E)

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