Luke 5:1–26

¹And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, ²and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets, ³and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon’s, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat. ⁴And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, ‘Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;’ ⁵and Simon answering said to him, ‘Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.’ ⁶And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking, ⁷and they beckoned to the partners, who are in the other boat, having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking. ⁸And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, ‘Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;’ ⁹for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took, ¹⁰and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, ‘Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;’ ¹¹and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

¹²And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, ‘Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;’ ¹³and having stretched forth his hand, he touched him, having said, ‘I will; be thou cleansed;’ and immediately the leprosy went away from him. ¹⁴And he charged him to tell no one, ‘But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;’ ¹⁵but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities, ¹⁶and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

¹⁷And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was—to heal them. ¹⁸And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him, ¹⁹and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus, ²⁰and he having seen their faith, said to him, ‘Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.’ ²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, ‘Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?’ ²²And Jesus having known their reasonings, answering, said unto them, ‘What reason ye in your hearts? ²³which is easier—to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk?

²⁴‘And that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority upon the earth to forgive sins—(he said to the one struck with palsy)—I say to thee, Arise, and having taken up thy little couch, be going on to thy house.’ ²⁵And presently having risen before them, having taken up that on which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God, ²⁶and astonishment took all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying—‘We saw strange things to-day.’