Luke:5
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God ,
he stood by the lake of Gennesaret ,
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And saw two ships standing by the lake :
but the fishermen were gone out of them ,
and were washing their nets .
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And he entered into one of the ships ,
which was Simon '
s ,
and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land .
And he sat down ,
and taught the people out of the ship .
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Now when he had left speaking ,
he said unto Simon ,
Launch out into the deep ,
and let down your nets for a draught .
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And Simon answering said unto him ,
Master ,
we have toiled all the night ,
and have taken nothing :
nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net .
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And when they had this done ,
they inclosed a great multitude of fishes :
and their net brake .
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And they beckoned unto their partners ,
which were in the other ship ,
that they should come and help them .
And they came ,
and filled both the ships ,
so that they began to sink .
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When Simon Peter saw it ,
he fell down at Jesus '
knees ,
saying ,
Depart from me ;
for I am a sinful man ,
O Lord .
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For he was astonished ,
and all that were with him ,
at the draught of the fishes which they had taken :
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And so was also James ,
and John ,
the sons of Zebedee ,
which were partners with Simon .
And Jesus said unto Simon ,
Fear not ;
from henceforth thou shalt catch men .
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And when they had brought their ships to land ,
they forsook all ,
and followed him .
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And it came to pass ,
when he was in a certain city ,
behold a man full of leprosy :
who seeing Jesus fell on his face ,
and besought him ,
saying ,
Lord ,
if thou wilt ,
thou canst make me clean .
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And he put forth his hand ,
and touched him ,
saying ,
I will :
be thou clean .
And immediately the leprosy departed from him .
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And he charged him to tell no man :
but go ,
and shew thyself to the priest ,
and offer for thy cleansing ,
according as Moses commanded ,
for a testimony unto them .
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But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him :
and great multitudes came together to hear ,
and to be healed by him of their infirmities .
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And he withdrew himself into the wilderness ,
and prayed .
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And it came to pass on a certain day ,
as he was teaching ,
that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by ,
which were come out of every town of Galilee ,
and Judaea ,
and Jerusalem :
and the power of the Lord was present to heal them .
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And ,
behold ,
men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy :
and they sought means to bring him in ,
and to lay him before him .
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And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude ,
they went upon the housetop ,
and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus .
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And when he saw their faith ,
he said unto him ,
Man ,
thy sins are forgiven thee .
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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason ,
saying ,
Who is this which speaketh blasphemies ?
Who can forgive sins ,
but God alone ?
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But when Jesus perceived their thoughts ,
he answering said unto them ,
What reason ye in your hearts ?
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Whether is easier ,
to say ,
Thy sins be forgiven thee ;
or to say ,
Rise up and walk ?
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But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins , (
he said unto the sick of the palsy ,)
I say unto thee ,
Arise ,
and take up thy couch ,
and go into thine house .
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And immediately he rose up before them ,
and took up that whereon he lay ,
and departed to his own house ,
glorifying God .
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And they were all amazed ,
and they glorified God ,
and were filled with fear ,
saying ,
We have seen strange things to day .
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And after these things he went forth ,
and saw a publican ,
named Levi ,
sitting at the receipt of custom :
and he said unto him ,
Follow me .
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And he left all ,
rose up ,
and followed him .
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And Levi made him a great feast in his own house :
and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them .
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But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples ,
saying ,
Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners ?
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And Jesus answering said unto them ,
They that are whole need not a physician ;
but they that are sick .
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I came not to call the righteous ,
but sinners to repentance .
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And they said unto him ,
Why do the disciples of John fast often ,
and make prayers ,
and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees ;
but thine eat and drink ?
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And he said unto them ,
Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast ,
while the bridegroom is with them ?
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But the days will come ,
when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them ,
and then shall they fast in those days .
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And he spake also a parable unto them ;
No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old ;
if otherwise ,
then both the new maketh a rent ,
and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old .
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And no man putteth new wine into old bottles ;
else the new wine will burst the bottles ,
and be spilled ,
and the bottles shall perish .
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But new wine must be put into new bottles ;
and both are preserved .
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No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new :
for he saith ,
The old is better .