Luke 5:4–39

⁴When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, ^d“Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

⁵But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught ^enothing; nevertheless ^fat Your word I will let down the net.” ⁶And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. ⁷So 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. ⁸When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ^g“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”

⁹For he and all who were with him were ^hastonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; ¹⁰and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. ⁱFrom now on you will catch men.” ¹¹So when they had brought their boats to land, ^jthey ¹forsook all and followed Him.

A Leper is Cleansed

Matt. 8:2–4; Mark 1:40–45

^12kAnd it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of ^lleprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and ²implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

¹³Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” ^mImmediately the leprosy left him. ¹⁴ⁿAnd 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, ^ojust as Moses commanded.”

¹⁵However, ^pthe report went around concerning Him all the more; and ^qgreat multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.

A Paralytic is Healed

Matt. 9:1–8; Mark 2:1–12

^16rSo He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and ^sprayed.

¹⁷Now 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 ³to heal them. ^18tThen behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. ¹⁹And 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 ^ubefore Jesus.

²⁰When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

^21vAnd the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? ^wWho can forgive sins but God alone?”

²²But when Jesus ^xperceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? ²³Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk’? ²⁴But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, ^y“I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

²⁵Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, ^zglorifying God. ²⁶And they were all amazed, and they ^aglorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”

Matthew is Called

Matt. 9:9; Mark 2:13, 14

^27bAfter these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, ^c “Follow Me.” ²⁸So he left all, rose up, and ^dfollowed Him.

Jesus Eats with Sinners

Matt. 9:10–13; Mark 2:15–17

^29eThen Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And ^fthere were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. ³⁰⁴And their scribes and the Pharisees ⁵complained against His disciples, saying, ^g“Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

³¹Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ^32hI have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Jesus Teaches About Fasting

Matt. 9:14, 15; Mark 2:18–20

³³Then they said to Him, ⁱ“Why ⁶do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”

³⁴And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the ^jbridegroom is with them? ³⁵But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.”

Parable of the Cloth and Wineskins

Matt. 9:16, 17; Mark 2:21, 22

^36kThen He spoke a parable to them: “No one ⁷puts 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. ³⁷And 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. ³⁸But new wine must be put into new wineskins, ⁸and both are preserved. ³⁹And no one, having drunk old wine, ⁹immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is ¹better.’ ”