Luke 5

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Now it happened that he was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressinground him listening to the word of God,	1 While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.
2 when he caught sight of two boats at the water's edge. The fishermen had got out of them and werewashing their nets.	2 He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets.
3 He got into one of the boats -- it was Simon's -- and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then hesat down and taught the crowds from the boat.	3 Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking he said to Simon, 'Put out into deep water and pay out your nets for acatch.'	4 After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch."
5 Simon replied, 'Master, we worked hard al night long and caught nothing, but if you say so, I wil payout the nets.'	5 Simon said in reply, "Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets."
6 And when they had done this they netted such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear,	6 When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing.
7 so they signal ed to their companions in the other boat to come and help them; when these came, theyfilled both boats to sinking point.	7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking.
8 When Simon Peter saw this he fel at the knees of Jesus saying, 'Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man.'	8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man."
9 For he and all his companions were completely awestruck at the catch they had made;	9 For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him,
10 so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. But Jesus said to Simon,'Do not be afraid; from now on it is people you wil be catching.'	10 and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men."
11 Then, bringing their boats back to land they left everything and fol owed him.	11 When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.
12 Now it happened that Jesus was in one of the towns when suddenly a man appeared, covered with askin-disease. Seeing Jesus he fel on his face and implored him saying, 'Sir, if you are wil ing you can cleanseme.'	12 Now there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where he was; and when he saw Jesus, he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said, "Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean."
13 He stretched out his hand, and touched him saying, 'I am wil ing. Be cleansed.' At once the skin-disease left him.	13 Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, "I do will it. Be made clean." And the leprosy left him immediately.
14 He ordered him to tell no one, 'But go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering for yourcleansing just as Moses prescribed, as evidence to them.'	14 Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but "Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them."
15 But the news of him kept spreading, and large crowds would gather to hear him and to have theiril nesses cured,	15 The report about him spread all the more, and great crowds assembled to listen to him and to be cured of their ailments,
16 but he would go off to some deserted place and pray.	16 but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.
17 Now it happened that he was teaching one day, and Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who hadcome from every vil age in Galilee, from Judaea and from Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of theLord was there so that he should heal.	17 One day as Jesus was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was with him for healing.
18 And now some men appeared, bringing on a bed a paralysed man whom they were trying to bring inand lay down in front of him.	18 And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed; they were trying to bring him in and set (him) in his presence.
19 But as they could find no way of getting the man through the crowd, they went up onto the top of thehouse and lowered him and his stretcher down through the tiles into the middle of the gathering, in front ofJesus.	19 But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles into the middle in front of Jesus.
20 Seeing their faith he said, 'My friend, your sins are forgiven you.'	20 When he saw their faith, he said, "As for you, your sins are forgiven."
21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to think this over. 'Who is this man, talking blasphemy? Who butGod alone can forgive sins?'	21 Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?"
22 But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, made them this reply, 'What are these thoughts you have in yourhearts?	22 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply, "What are you thinking in your hearts?
23 Which of these is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven you," or to say, "Get up and walk"?	23 Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?
24 But to prove to you that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,' -- he said to theparalysed man-'I order you: get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.'	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 stretcher, and go home."
25 And immediately before their very eyes he got up, picked up what he had been lying on and wenthome praising God.	25 He stood up immediately before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.
26 They were all astounded and praised God and were fil ed with awe, saying, 'We have seen strangethings today.'	26 Then astonishment seized them all and they glorified God, and, struck with awe, they said, "We have seen incredible things today."
27 When he went out after this, he noticed a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax office, and saidto him, 'Fol ow me.'	27 After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me."
28 And leaving everything Levi got up and fol owed him.	28 And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him.
29 In his honour Levi held a great reception in his house, and with them at table was a large gathering oftax col ectors and others.	29 Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them.
30 The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples and said, 'Why do you eat and drink withtax col ectors and sinners?'	30 The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
31 Jesus said to them in reply, 'It is not those that are wel who need the doctor, but the sick.	31 Jesus said to them in reply, "Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do.
32 I have come to cal not the upright but sinners to repentance.'	32 I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners."
33 They then said to him, 'John's disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of thePharisees, too, but yours go on eating and drinking.'	33 And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink."
34 Jesus replied, 'Surely you cannot make the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is stillwith them?	34 Jesus answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the time wil come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then, in those days, they wilfast.'	35 But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."
36 He also told them a parable, 'No one tears a piece from a new cloak to put it on an old cloak;otherwise, not only wil the new one be torn, but the piece taken from the new wil not match the old.	36 And he also told them a parable. "No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak.
37 'And nobody puts new wine in old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine wil burst the skins and run towaste, and the skins wil be ruined.	37 Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.
38 No; new wine must be put in fresh skins.	38 Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins.
39 And nobody who has been drinking old wine wants new. "The old is good," he says.'	39 (And) no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is good.'"