Luke:5

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* And it happened that the crowd was pressing on Him to hear the Word of God . And He was standing by Lake Gennesaret . * And He saw two boats standing by the lake , but the fishermen had left them and were washing the nets . * And entering into one of the boats , which was Simon 's , He asked him to put out a little from the land . And sitting down , He taught the crowd from the boat . * And as He quit speaking , He said to Simon , Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a haul . * And answering , Simon said to Him , Master , laboring all through the night we took nothing . But at Your word I will let down the net . * And doing this , they netted a great multitude of fish ; and their net was being torn . * And they signaled the partners , those in the other boat , to come and help them . And they came and filled both the boats , so that they were sinking . * And seeing , Simon Peter fell at the knees of Jesus , saying , Depart from me , for I am a sinful man , Lord . * For astonishment took hold of him , and all those with him , at the haul of fish which they took ; * and in the same way also , James and John , the sons of Zebedee , who were partners with Simon . And Jesus said to Simon , Do not fear . From now on you will be taking men alive . * And bringing the boats down onto the land , forsaking all things , they followed Him . * And it happened , in His being in one of the cities , even behold , a man full of leprosy ! And seeing Jesus , falling on his face , he begged Him , saying , Lord , if You choose , You are able to cleanse me . * And stretching out the hand , He touched him , saying , I will ! Be cleansed ! And instantly the leprosy departed from him . * And He charged him to tell no one . But going away , show yourself to the priest and offer concerning your cleansing , as Moses commanded , for a testimony to them . * But the word about Him spread even more . And large crowds were coming to hear and to be healed from their infirmities by Him . * But He was drawing back in a deserted place , and praying . * And it happened on one of the days , even He was teaching . And Pharisees and teachers of the Law were sitting by , who were coming out of every village of Galilee and Judea , and Jerusalem . And the power of the Lord was there , for the curing of them . * And , behold , men carrying on a cot a man who was paralyzed . And they sought to bring him in , and to lay him before Him . * And not finding a way through which they might bring him in through the crowd , going up on the housetop , they let him down through the tiles with the cot , into the midst , in front of Jesus . * And seeing their faith , He said to him , Man , your sins have been forgiven you . * And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason , saying , Who is this who speaks blasphemies ? Who is able to forgive sins except God alone ? * But knowing their thoughts , answering Jesus said to them , Why do you reason in your hearts ? * Which is easier , to say , Your sins have been forgiven you , or to say , Rise up and walk ? * But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on the earth to forgive sins , He said to the paralytic , I say to you , Rise up , and take your cot and go to your house . * And rising up at once before them , taking up that on which he was lying , he went to his house glorifying God . * And amazement seized all , and they glorified God , and were filled with fear , saying , We saw wonderful things today . * And after these things , He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi , sitting at the tax office . And He said to him , Follow Me ! * And leaving all , rising up he followed Him . * And Levi made a great feast for Him in his house . And there was a crowd of many tax collectors reclining , and of others who were with them . * And their scribes and the Pharisees murmured at His disciples , saying , Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners ? * And answering , Jesus said to them , Those who are sound have no need of a physician , but those who have illness . * I did not come to call the righteous , but sinners to repentance . * But they said to Him , Why do John 's disciples fast often , and make prayers , and likewise those of the Pharisees , but those close to You eat and drink ? * But He said to them , You are not able to make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them . * But days will come , even when the bridegroom is taken away from them , then in those days they will fast . * And He also told a parable to them : No one puts a piece of a new garment on an old garment ; otherwise both the new will tear , and the old does not match the piece from the new . * And no one puts new wine into old skins ; otherwise , the new wine will burst the skins , and it will be poured out , and the skins will perish . * But new wine is to be put into new skins , and both are preserved together . * And no one drinking old wine immediately desires new ; for he says , The old is better .

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