Luke:5

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* And it happened that the crowd pressed on Him to hear the word of God , He stood by the lake of Gennesaret . * And He saw two boats standing by the lake . But the fishermen had left them and were washing [their ] nets . * And He entered into one of the boats , which was Simon 's , He asked him to thrust out a little from the land . And He sat down and taught the people out of the boat . * And as He stopped speaking , He said to Simon , Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a haul . * And answering , Simon said to Him , Master , we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing . Yet at Your word I will let down the net . * And doing this , they enclosed 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 he and all who were with him were astonished at the haul of fish which they had taken , * and so also [were ] 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 their boats onto land , forsaking all things , they followed Him . * And it happened , as He was in a certain city , behold , a man full of leprosy ! And seeing Jesus , he fell on [his ] face and begged Him , saying , Lord , if You will , You can cleanse me . * And stretching out the hand , He touched him , saying , I will ! Be clean ! And immediately the leprosy departed from him . * And He commanded him , Tell no one , but go and show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing , as Moses commanded , for a testimony to them . * But the word about Him spread even more . And great crowds were coming to hear , and to be healed from their infirmities by Him . * But He was drawing back in the wilderness , 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 had come 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 by [which ] they might bring him in through the crowd , going up on the housetop , they let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst , before Jesus . * And seeing their faith , He said to him , Man , your sins are forgiven you . * And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason , saying , Who is this who speaks blasphemies ? Who can 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 are forgiven you ; or to say , Rise up and walk ? * But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins , He said to the paralytic , I say to you , Arise , and take up your cot [and ] go to your house . * And immediately he rose up before them and took up [that ] on which he lay . And he departed to his own house , glorifying God . * And they were all amazed , 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 , he rose up and followed Him . * And Levi made a great feast in his own house for Him . And there was a great company of tax-collectors and of others who were reclining with them . * But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against His disciples , saying , Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and sinners ? * And Jesus answered and said to them , Those who are sound do not need a physician , but those who are sick . * I did not come to call the righteous to repentance , but sinners . * And they said to Him , Why do John 's disciples fast often and make prayers , and also [the disciples ] of the Pharisees , but yours eat and drink ? * But He said to them , Can you make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them ? * But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them , and then they shall fast in those days . * And He also spoke 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 wineskins . Else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled , and the wineskin will perish . * But new wine must be put into new wineskins , and both are preserved together . * Also no one having drunk old [wine ] immediately desires new , for he says , The old is better .

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