Luke 5:1–11

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

⁵Once while Jesus^h was standing beside the Lake of Gennesaret and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, ²he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. ³He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.^{* 4}When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”^{* 5}Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.”^{* 6}When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to burst. ⁷So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” ⁹For he and all who were with him were astounded at the catch of fish that they had taken, ¹⁰and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.”^{* 11}When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.^*