Luke 5:11-32

Legacy Standard Bible

¹¹ And when they had brought their boats to land, ^(A)they left everything and followed Him.

Jesus Heals a Leper

^12 (B)And it happened that while He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man ^[a]covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” ¹³ And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him. ¹⁴ And He directed him to tell no one, “But go and ^(C)show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” ¹⁵ But ^(D)the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. ¹⁶ But He Himself would often slip away ^[b]to the desolate regions and ^(E)pray.

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

¹⁷ And it happened that ^[c]one day He was teaching; and ^(F)there were some Pharisees and ^(G)teachers of the law sitting there, who had ^(H)come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, and ^(I)the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. ^18 (J)And behold, some men were carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down before Him. ¹⁹ But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on ^(K)the roof and let him down ^(L)through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. ²⁰ And seeing their faith, He said, “^[d]Friend, ^(M)your sins are forgiven you.” ²¹ The scribes and the Pharisees ^(N)began to reason, saying, “^(O)Who is this who speaks blasphemies? ^(P)Who can forgive sins, but God alone?” ²² But Jesus, ^[e]knowing their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ 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 said to the ^(Q)paralytic—“I say to you, get up, and, picking up your stretcher, go home.” ²⁵ And immediately he rose up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home ^(R)glorifying God. ²⁶ And astonishment seized them all and they began ^(S)glorifying God; and they were filled ^(T)with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

Levi and Sinners Called

^27 (U)And after that He went out and noticed a tax collector named ^[f](V)Levi sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” ²⁸ And he ^(W)left everything behind, and rose up and began to follow Him.

²⁹ And ^(X)Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of ^(Y)tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. ^30 (Z)And the Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and ^[g]sinners?” ³¹ And Jesus answered and said to them, “^(AA)It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. ³² I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”