Luke 5
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Simon, James and John become Jesus’ followers
5 1-3 One day the people were crowding closely round Jesus to hear God’s message, as he stood on the shore of Lake Gennesaret. Jesus noticed two boats drawn up on the beach, for the fishermen had left them there while they were cleaning their nets. He went aboard one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and continued his teaching of the crowds from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Push out now into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 Simon replied, “Master! We’ve worked all night and never caught a thing, but if you say so, I’ll let the nets down.”
6-8 And when they had done this, they caught an enormous shoal of fish—so big that the nets began to tear. So they signalled to their friends in the other boats to come and help them. They came and filled both the boats to sinking point. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell on his knees before Jesus and said, “Keep away from me, Lord, for I’m only a sinful man!”
9-10 For he and his companions (including Zebedee’s sons, James and John, Simon’s partners) were staggered at the haul of fish that they had made. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid, Simon. From now on your catch will be men.”
11 So they brought the boats ashore, left everything and followed him.
Jesus cures leprosy
12 While he was in one of the towns, Jesus came upon a man who was a mass of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he prostrated himself before him and begged, “If you want to, Lord, you can make me clean.”
13 Jesus stretched out his hand, placed it on the leper, saying, “Certainly I want to. Be clean!”
14 Immediately the leprosy left him and Jesus warned him not to tell anybody, but to go and show himself to the priest and to make the offerings for his recovery that Moses prescribed, as evidence to the authorities.
15-16 Yet the news about him spread all the more, and enormous crowds collected to hear Jesus and to be healed of their diseases. But he slipped quietly away to deserted places for prayer.
Jesus cures a paralytic in soul and body
17-20 One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and experts in the Law were sitting near him. They had come out of every village in Galilee and Judea as well as from Jerusalem. God’s power to heal people was with him. Soon some men arrived carrying a paralytic and they kept trying to carry him in to put him down in front of Jesus. When they failed to find a way of getting him in because of the dense crowd, they went up on to the top of the house and let him down, bed and all, through the tiles, into the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “My friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue about this, saying, “Who is this man who talks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins? Only God can do that.”
22 Jesus realised what was going on in their minds and spoke straight to them.
23-24 “Why must you argue like this in your minds? Which do you suppose is easier—to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? But to make you realise that the Son of Man has full authority on earth to forgive sins—I tell you,” he said to the man who was paralysed, “get up, pick up your bed and go home!”
25-26 Instantly the man sprang to his feet before their eyes, picked up the bedding on which he used to lie, and went off home, praising God. Sheer amazement gripped every man present, and they praised God and said in awed voices, “We have seen incredible things today.”
Jesus calls Levi to be his disciple
27 Later on, Jesus went out and looked straight at a tax-collector called Levi, as he sat at his office desk. “Follow me,” he said to him.
28 And he got to his feet at once, left everything behind and followed him.
29-30 Then Levi gave a big reception for Jesus in his own house, and there was a great crowd of tax-collectors and others at table with them. The Pharisees and their companions the scribes kept muttering indignantly about this to Jesus’ disciples, saying, “Why do you have your meals with tax-collectors and sinners?”
31-32 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but those who are ill. I have not come to invite the ‘righteous’ but the ‘sinners’—to change their ways.
Jesus hints at who he is
33 Then people said to him, “Why is it that John’s disciples are always fasting and praying, just like the Pharisees’ disciples, but yours both eat and drink?”
34-35 Jesus answered, “Can you expect wedding-guests to fast while they have the bridegroom with them? The day will come when they will lose the bridegroom; that will be the time for them to fast!”
36 Then he gave them this illustration. “Nobody tears a piece from a new coat to patch up an old one. If he does, he ruins the new one and the new piece does not match the old.
37-39 “Nobody puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins—the wine will be spilt and the skins ruined. No, new wine must be put into new wineskins. Of course, nobody who has been drinking old wine will want the new at once. He is sure to say, ‘The old is a good sound wine.’”
Lukas 5
Det Norsk Bibelselskap 1930
5 Men det skjedde da folket trengte sig inn på ham og hørte Guds ord, og han stod ved Gennesaret-sjøen,
2 da så han to båter ligge ved sjøen; men fiskerne var gått ut av dem og skyllet garnene.
3 Han gikk da ut i en av båtene, som tilhørte Simon, og bad ham legge litt ut fra land; og han satte sig i båten og lærte folket.
4 Men da han holdt op å tale, sa han til Simon: Legg ut på dypet, og kast eders garn ut til en drett!
5 Og Simon svarte ham: Mester! vi har strevet hele natten og ikke fått noget; men på ditt ord vil jeg kaste ut garnene.
6 Og de gjorde så, og fanget en stor mengde fisk; og deres garn revnet.
7 Og de vinket til sine lagsbrødre i den andre båt, at de skulde komme og ta i med dem; og de kom, og de fylte begge båtene, så de holdt på å synke.
8 Men da Simon Peter så det, falt han ned for Jesu knær og sa: Herre, gå fra mig! for jeg er en syndig mann.
9 For redsel kom over ham og alle dem som var med ham, for den fiskedrett som de hadde fått;
10 likeså Jakob og Johannes, Sebedeus' sønner, som var i lag med Simon. Og Jesus sa til Simon: Frykt ikke! fra nu av skal du fange mennesker.
11 Da rodde de båtene i land og forlot alt og fulgte ham.
12 Og det skjedde da han var i en av byene, se, da var det en mann som var full av spedalskhet; og da han så Jesus, falt han ned på sitt ansikt, bad ham og sa: Herre! om du vil, kan du rense mig.
13 Og Jesus rakte hånden ut, rørte ved ham og sa: Jeg vil; bli ren! Og straks forlot spedalskheten ham.
14 Og han bød ham at han ikke skulde si det til nogen; men gå og te dig for presten og ofre for din renselse, således som Moses har påbudt, til et vidnesbyrd for dem!
15 Men ordet om ham kom ennu mere ut, og meget folk kom sammen for å høre og for å bli helbredet for sine sykdommer;
16 men han drog sig tilbake til øde steder og var der i bønn.
17 Og det skjedde en av dagene mens han lærte, og der satt fariseere og lovlærere som var kommet fra hver by i Galilea og Judea og fra Jerusalem, og Herrens kraft var hos ham til å helbrede:
18 se, da kom nogen menn som bar en mann på en seng, han var verkbrudden; og de søkte å få ham inn og legge ham ned foran ham.
19 Og da de for folketrengselen ikke fant nogen vei til å få ham inn, steg de op på taket og firte ham med sengen ned mellem takstenene midt foran Jesus.
20 Og da han så deres tro, sa han: Menneske! dine synder er dig forlatt.
21 Da begynte de skriftlærde og fariseerne å tenke så: Hvem er denne mann, som taler bespottelser? Hvem kan forlate synder uten Gud alene?
22 Men da Jesus merket deres tanker, svarte han og sa til dem: Hvad er det I tenker i eders hjerter?
23 Hvad er lettest, enten å si: Dine synder er dig forlatt, eller å si: Stå op og gå?
24 Men forat I skal vite at Menneskesønnen har makt på jorden til å forlate synder - så sa han til den verkbrudne: Jeg sier dig: Stå op og ta din seng og gå hjem til ditt hus!
25 Og straks stod han op for deres øine og tok det han lå på, og gikk hjem til sitt hus og priste Gud.
26 Da kom det forferdelse over dem alle, og de priste Gud, og de blev fulle av frykt og sa: Idag har vi sett utrolige ting!
27 Derefter gikk han ut, og han så en tolder ved navn Levi sitte på tollboden; og han sa til ham: Følg mig!
28 Og han forlot alt og stod op og fulgte ham.
29 Og Levi gjorde et stort gjestebud for ham i sitt hus, og der var en stor mengde toldere og andre som satt til bords med dem.
30 Og fariseerne og deres skriftlærde knurret mot hans disipler og sa: Hvorfor eter og drikker I med toldere og syndere?
31 Og Jesus svarte og sa til dem: De friske trenger ikke til læge, men de som har ondt;
32 jeg er ikke kommet for å kalle rettferdige, men syndere til omvendelse.
33 De sa til ham: Johannes' disipler holder jevnlig faste og bønn, og fariseernes disipler likeså; men dine eter og drikker.
34 Men Jesus sa til dem: Kan I vel få brudesvennene til å faste så lenge brudgommen er hos dem?
35 Men de dager skal komme da brudgommen blir tatt fra dem; da skal de faste, i de dager.
36 Han sa også en lignelse til dem: Ingen river en lapp av et nytt klædebon og setter den på et gammelt; ellers river han det nye i sønder, og lappen av det nye passer ikke til det gamle.
37 Og ingen fyller ny vin i gamle skinnsekker; ellers vil den nye vin sprenge sekkene, og den selv spilles og sekkene ødelegges;
38 men ny vin skal fylles i nye skinnsekker.
39 Og ingen som har drukket gammel vin, har lyst på ny; han sier: den gamle er god.
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
The New Testament in Modern English by J.B Phillips copyright © 1960, 1972 J. B. Phillips. Administered by The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England. Used by Permission.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
