5:1 On
one
occasion,
while
the
crowd
was
pressing
in
on
him
to
hear
the
word
of
God,
he
was
standing
by
the
lake
of
Gennesaret,
5:2 and
he
saw
two
boats
by
the
lake,
but
the
fishermen
had
gone
out
of
them
and
were
washing
their
nets.
5:3 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.
5:4 And
when
he
had
finished
speaking,
he
said
to
Simon,
"Put
out
into
the
deep
and
let
down
your
nets
for
a
catch."
5:5 And
Simon
answered,
"Master,
we
toiled
all
night
and
took
nothing!
But
at
your
word
I
will
let
down
the
nets."
5:6 And
when
they
had
done
this,
they
enclosed
a
large
number
of
fish,
and
their
nets
were
breaking.
5:7 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.
5:8 But
when
Simon
Peter
saw
it,
he
fell
down
at
Jesus'
knees,
saying,
"Depart
from
me,
for
I
am
a
sinful
man,
O
Lord."
5:9 For
he
and
all
who
were
with
him
were
astonished
at
the
catch
of
fish
that
they
had
taken,
5:10 and
so
also
were
James
and
John,
sons
of
Zebedee,
who
were
partners
with
Simon.
And
Jesus
said
to
Simon,
"Do
not
be
afraid;
from
now
on
you
will
be
catching
men."
5:11 And
when
they
had
brought
their
boats
to
land,
they
left
everything
and
followed
him.
5:12 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
begged
him,
"Lord,
if
you
will,
you
can
make
me
clean."
5:13 And
Jesus
stretched
out
his
hand
and
touched
him,
saying,
"I
will;
be
clean."
And
immediately
the
leprosy
left
him.
5:14 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
them."
5:15 But
now
even
more
the
report
about
him
went
abroad,
and
great
crowds
gathered
to
hear
him
and
to
be
healed
of
their
infirmities.
5:16 But
he
would
withdraw
to
desolate
places
and
pray.
5:17 On
one
of
those
days,
as
he
was
teaching,
Pharisees
and
teachers
of
the
law
were
sitting
there,
who
had
come
from
every
village
of
Galilee
and
Judea
and
from
Jerusalem.
And
the
power
of
the
Lord
was
with
him
to
heal.
5:18 And
behold,
some
men
were
bringing
on
a
bed
a
man
who
was
paralyzed,
and
they
were
seeking
to
bring
him
in
and
lay
him
before
Jesus,
5:19 but
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.
5:20 And
when
he
saw
their
faith,
he
said,
"Man,
your
sins
are
forgiven
you."
5:21 And
the
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
began
to
question,
saying,
"Who
is
this
who
speaks
blasphemies
Who
can
forgive
sins
but
God
alone"
5:22 When
Jesus
perceived
their
thoughts,
he
answered
them,
"Why
do
you
question
in
your
hearts
5:23 Which
is
easier,
to
say,
'Your
sins
are
forgiven
you,'
or
to
say,
'Rise
and
walk'
5:24 But
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,
pick
up
your
bed
and
go
home."
5:25 And
immediately
he
rose
up
before
them
and
picked
up
what
he
had
been
lying
on
and
went
home,
glorifying
God.
5:26 And
amazement
seized
them
all,
and
they
glorified
God
and
were
filled
with
awe,
saying,
"We
have
seen
extraordinary
things
today."
5:27 After
this
he
went
out
and
saw
a
tax
collector
named
Levi,
sitting
at
the
tax
booth.
And
he
said
to
him,
"Follow
me."
5:28 And
leaving
everything,
he
rose
and
followed
him.
5:29 And
Levi
made
him
a
great
feast
in
his
house,
and
there
was
a
large
company
of
tax
collectors
and
others
reclining
at
table
with
them.
5:30 And
the
Pharisees
and
their
scribes
grumbled
at
his
disciples,
saying,
"Why
do
you
eat
and
drink
with
tax
collectors
and
sinners"
5:31 And
Jesus
answered
them,
"Those
who
are
well
have
no
need
of
a
physician,
but
those
who
are
sick.
5:32 I
have
not
come
to
call
the
righteous
but
sinners
to
repentance."
5:33 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."
5:34 And
Jesus
said
to
them,
"Can
you
make
wedding
guests
fast
while
the
bridegroom
is
with
them
5:35 The
days
will
come
when
the
bridegroom
is
taken
away
from
them,
and
then
they
will
fast
in
those
days."
5:36 He
also
told
them
a
parable:
"No
one
tears
a
piece
from
a
new
garment
and
puts
it
on
an
old
garment.
If
he
does,
he
will
tear
the
new,
and
the
piece
from
the
new
will
not
match
the
old.
5:37 And
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.
5:38 But
new
wine
must
be
put
into
fresh
wineskins.
5:39 And
no
one
after
drinking
old
wine
desires
new,
for
he
says,
'The
old
is
good.'"