Luke 5:1-16
Luke 5:1-16 (Good News Translation)
1One day Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret
while the people pushed their way up to him to listen to the word of God.
2He saw two boats pulled up on the beach; the fishermen had
left them and were washing the nets.
3Jesus got into one of the boats—it belonged to Simon—and
asked him to push off a little from the shore. Jesus sat in the boat and
taught the crowd.
4When he finished speaking, he said to Simon,
Push the boat out further to the deep water, and you and your
partners let down your nets for a catch.
5Master, Simon answered,
we worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But if you say
so, I will let down the nets.
6They let them down and caught such a large number of fish that
the nets were about to break.
7So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come
and help them. They came and filled both boats so full of fish that the
boats were about to sink.
8When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he fell on his knees
before Jesus and said,
Go away from me, Lord! I am a sinful man!
9He and the others with him were all amazed at the large number
of fish they had caught.
10The same was true of Simon's partners, James and John, the
sons of Zebedee. Jesus said to Simon,
Don't be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.
11They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and
followed Jesus.
12Once Jesus was in a town where there was a man who was
suffering from a dreaded skin disease. When he saw Jesus, he threw himself
down and begged him,
Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean!
13Jesus reached out and touched him.
I do want to, he answered.
Be clean! At once the disease left the man.
14Jesus ordered him,
Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him
examine you; then to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the
sacrifice as Moses ordered.
15But the news about Jesus spread all the more widely, and
crowds of people came to hear him and be healed from their diseases.
16But he would go away to lonely places, where he prayed.
God bless you.
1One day Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret
while the people pushed their way up to him to listen to the word of God.
2He saw two boats pulled up on the beach; the fishermen had
left them and were washing the nets.
3Jesus got into one of the boats—it belonged to Simon—and
asked him to push off a little from the shore. Jesus sat in the boat and
taught the crowd.
4When he finished speaking, he said to Simon,
Push the boat out further to the deep water, and you and your
partners let down your nets for a catch.
5Master, Simon answered,
we worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But if you say
so, I will let down the nets.
6They let them down and caught such a large number of fish that
the nets were about to break.
7So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come
and help them. They came and filled both boats so full of fish that the
boats were about to sink.
8When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he fell on his knees
before Jesus and said,
Go away from me, Lord! I am a sinful man!
9He and the others with him were all amazed at the large number
of fish they had caught.
10The same was true of Simon's partners, James and John, the
sons of Zebedee. Jesus said to Simon,
Don't be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.
11They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and
followed Jesus.
12Once Jesus was in a town where there was a man who was
suffering from a dreaded skin disease. When he saw Jesus, he threw himself
down and begged him,
Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean!
13Jesus reached out and touched him.
I do want to, he answered.
Be clean! At once the disease left the man.
14Jesus ordered him,
Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him
examine you; then to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the
sacrifice as Moses ordered.
15But the news about Jesus spread all the more widely, and
crowds of people came to hear him and be healed from their diseases.
16But he would go away to lonely places, where he prayed.
God bless you.
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