Luke 5
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Jesus Chooses His First Disciples
1One day when Jesus was standing by the Sea of Galilee, all the people crowded around him to listen to the word of God. 2At the edge of the water, Jesus saw two boats. They had been left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3He got into one of the boats, which belonged to a man named Simon. Jesus asked him to pull out a little way from shore. Then he sat down in the boat and taught the people.
4When Jesus had finished speaking, he turned to Simon and said, “Go out into the deep water and let down the nets so you can catch some fish.”
5Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night, but we didn’t catch anything. However, because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
6When they did so, they caught a large number of fish—so many that their nets began to break! 7They quickly signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came, and together they filled both boats so full that they nearly sank.
8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord!” he said. “I’m a sinful man!” 9He and his crew were amazed at the number of fish they’d caught, 10and so were his partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid, from now on you will fish for people.” 11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything, and followed him.
Jesus Heals a Man Who Had a Skin Disease
12While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who had a skin disease all over his body. When the man saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, you can make me clean, if you are willing.”
13Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Right away the disease left him.
14“Don’t tell anyone,” Jesus ordered him. “But go and show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded, as a witness to the priest and the people that you are clean.”
15But the news about Jesus spread even more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16But Jesus often went away to be by himself and pray.
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Man Who Could Not Walk
17One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the law were among those sitting there and listening to him. They’d come from every village in Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. 18Some men brought a man who couldn’t walk. They were carrying him on a mat. 19They tried to take him into the house and set him in front of Jesus, but they couldn’t get in because of the crowd. So they went up onto the roof and made an opening in the tiles. Then they lowered the man on his mat down into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
20When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to think, “Who is this person who says such an evil thing? Only God can forgive sins!”
22But Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? 23Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or, ‘Get up and walk’? 24But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man who couldn’t walk, “I tell you, get up, take your mat, and go home.” 25Right away the man stood up in front of them. He picked up his mat and went home praising God. 26Everyone was astounded and gave glory to God. They were filled with wonder and said, “We’ve seen amazing things today!”
Jesus Chooses Levi and Eats With Sinners
27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him. 28Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.
29Levi gave a huge banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others came and ate with them. 30But the Pharisees and their teachers of the law complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor; sick people do. 32I haven’t come to call those who are right with God. I’ve come to help sinners turn away from their sins.”
Jesus Is Asked About Fasting
33Some of the people who were there said to Jesus, “John’s disciples often pray and go without eating, and so do the Pharisees’ disciples. But yours go on eating and drinking.”
34Jesus answered, “Would you ask a bridegroom’s friends to fast during his wedding celebration? 35But the time will come when the groom is taken away from them, and in those days, they will go without eating.”
36Then Jesus gave them an illustration. He said, “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. That would ruin the new garment, and the patch wouldn’t match the old one anyway. 37And nobody pours new wine into old wineskins. The new wine would burst the skins, so the wine would spill everywhere, and the wineskins would also be ruined. 38No, new wine has to be poured into new wineskins. 39But after drinking old wine, no one wants the new. They say, ‘The old wine is better.’ ”
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Luke 5
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Mt 4.18-22; Mk 1.16-20; Jn 1.40-42; 21.1-19. While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 2And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3#Mt 13.1-2; Mk 4.1. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5#Lk 8.24,45; 9.33,49; 17.13. And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” 6And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, 7they beckoned 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. 8But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” 9For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men.” 11And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
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Mt 8.1-4; Mk 1.40-45; Lk 17.11-19. While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” 13And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14#Lev 13.49; 14.2-32. And he charged him to tell no one; but “go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.”#5.14 Greek to them 15#Lk 4.14,37; Mt 9.26. But so much the more the report went abroad concerning him; and great multitudes gathered to hear and to be healed of their infirmities. 16#Lk 3.21; 6.12; 9.18,28; 11.1. But he withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.
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Mt 9.1-8; Mk 2.1-12; Jn 5.1-9. #Mt 15.1; Mk 5.30; Lk 6.19. On one of those days, as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.#5.17 Other ancient authorities read was present to heal them 18And behold, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus;#5.18 Greek him 19but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. 20#Lk 7.48-49. And when he saw their faith he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” 21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?” 22When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, “Why do you question in your hearts? 23Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? 24But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home.” 25And immediately he rose before them, and took up that on which he lay, and went home, glorifying God. 26And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”
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Mt 9.9-13; Mk 2.13-17. After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, “Follow me.” 28And he left everything, and rose and followed him.
29And Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there was a large company of tax collectors and others sitting at table#5.29 Greek reclining with them. 30#Lk 15.1-2. And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; 32#1 Tim 1.15. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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Mt 9.14-17; Mk 2.18-22. #Lk 7.18; 11.1; Jn 3.25-26. And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” 34And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35#Lk 9.22; 17.22. The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.” 36He told them a parable also: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it upon an old garment; if he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 38But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39And no one after drinking old wine desires new; for he says, ‘The old is good.’ ”#5.39 Other ancient authorities read better
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