Luke 5

And ^ait came to pass that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by ^bthe lake of Gennesaret, ^2cand saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. ³And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he ^dsat down, and taught the people ^eout of the ship. ⁴Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, ^fLaunch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. ⁵And Simon answering said unto him, ^gMaster, ^ggwe have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. ⁶And when they had this done, ^fthey inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. ⁷And they beckoned unto their ^hpartners, which were in ⁱthe other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. ⁸When Simon Peter saw it, ⁱⁱhe fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ^jDepart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. ⁹For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: ¹⁰and so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were ^hpartners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. ¹¹And when they had brought their ships to land, ^kthey forsook all, and followed him.

^12lAnd it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. ¹³And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. ¹⁴And he charged him to tell no man: ^mbut go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. ¹⁵ⁿBut so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. ^16oAnd he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and ^oprayed.

¹⁷And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and ^pdoctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. ^18qAnd behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. ¹⁹And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon ^rthe housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. ²⁰And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. ²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began ^rrto reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? ^sWho can forgive sins, but God alone? ²²But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What ^rrreason ye in your hearts? ²³Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? ²⁴But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. ²⁵And immediately he rose up before them, and took up ^tthat whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, ^uglorifying God. ²⁶And they were all amazed, and they ^uglorified God, and ^wwere filled with fear, saying, We have seen ^xstrange things to day.

^27yAnd after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. ²⁸And ^zhe left all, rose up, and followed him. ²⁹And Levi ^amade him a great ^afeast in his own house: and there was a great company of ^aapublicans and of others that sat down with them. ³⁰But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? ³¹And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. ^32bI came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

^33bbAnd ^cthey said unto him, Why do the disciples of John ^dfast often, and make ^dprayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? ³⁴And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? ^35ddBut the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. ³⁶And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. ³⁷And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. ³⁸But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. ³⁹No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

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