3.
Attracting the occupied
5:1-11
Luke 5
:1
5:1
And as the crowd pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He was
astanding by the
1lake of
bGennesaret.
Luke 5
:2
5:2
And He
1saw two boats lying by the lake, and the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing the nets.
Luke 5
:3
5:3
And He got into one of the
aboats, which was
1Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and from the boat taught the crowds.
Luke 5
:4
5:4
And when He ceased speaking, He said to Simon, Put out into the deep and let down your
anets for a catch.
Luke 5
:5
5:5
And Simon answered and said,
1Master, through the whole night we toiled and caught
anothing; but based on Your word I will let down the nets.
Luke 5
:6
5:6
And when they did this, they enclosed a great number of
afish, and their nets began to tear apart.
Luke 5
:7
5:7
And they signaled to their companions in the other boat to come and assist them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
Luke 5
:8
5:8
And when Simon Peter saw
this, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a
asinful man, Lord.
Luke 5
:9
5:9
For amazement had taken possession of him and all who were with him, because of the catch of the fish which they took;
Luke 5
:10
5:10
And likewise also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were
1partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Do not be afraid. From now on you will be
2acatching men alive.
Luke 5
:11
5:11
And when they had brought the boats to the land, they
aleft all and
bfollowed Him.
4.
Cleansing the contaminated
5:12-16
Luke 5
:12
5:12
And while He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a
1aman full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he
bfell on
his face and begged Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You can cleanse me.
Luke 5
:13
5:13
And stretching out His hand, He touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him.
Luke 5
:14
5:14
And He charged him to tell
ano one: But go away, show yourself to the
bpriest, and offer
the gift for your cleansing, even as
cMoses directed, for a
dtestimony to them.
Luke 5
:15
5:15
But the word concerning Him spread abroad all the more, and
agreat crowds came together to hear
Him and to be
bhealed from their infirmities.
Luke 5
:16
5:16
But He Himself
often withdrew in the
awilderness and
1bprayed.
5.
Healing the paralytic
5:17-26
Luke 5
:17
5:17
And on one of the days He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and
ateachers of the law sitting
there, who had come out of every
bvillage of Galilee and
cJudea and Jerusalem. And the
dpower of the Lord
1was with Him to heal.
Luke 5
:18
5:18
And behold, some men
abrought on a bed a
1bman who was paralyzed, and they sought
a way to carry him in and lay him before Him.
Luke 5
:19
5:19
And since they could not find by what
way they might carry him in because of the crowd, they went up onto the housetop and let him down with the cot through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus.
Luke 5
:20
5:20
And seeing their
afaith, He said, Man, your sins are
bforgiven you.
Luke 5
:21
5:21
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaks
ablasphemies? Who can
bforgive sins except God alone?
Luke 5
:22
5:22
But Jesus,
aknowing fully their reasonings, answered and said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Luke 5
:23
5:23
Which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Rise and walk?
Luke 5
:24
5:24
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to
aforgive sins — He said to the one paralyzed, To you I say, Rise and take up your cot and go to your house.
Luke 5
:25
5:25
And he rose up at once before them and took up that upon which he was lying and went away to his house,
aglorifying God.
Luke 5
:26
5:26
And astonishment took hold of all, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen extraordinary things today.
6.
Calling the despised
5:27-39
Luke 5
:27
5:27
And after these things He went out and beheld a
1atax collector named Levi
bsitting at the tax office, and He said to him, Follow Me.
Luke 5
:28
5:28
And leaving all, he rose up and
afollowed Him.
Luke 5
:29
5:29
And Levi gave a great reception for Him in his
1house; and there was a great crowd of
atax collectors and others who were reclining
at table with them.
Luke 5
:30
5:30
And the Pharisees and their
ascribes murmured at His disciples, saying, Why do you
beat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?
Luke 5
:31
5:31
And Jesus answered and said to them, Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are ill;
Luke 5
:32
5:32
I have not come to call the
arighteous, but
bsinners to
crepentance.
Luke 5
:33
5:33
And they
asaid to Him, The
1bdisciples of John
cfast often and make petitions, likewise also those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink.
Luke 5
:34
5:34
And Jesus said to them, You cannot make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the
abridegroom is with them, can you?
Luke 5
:35
5:35
But the
adays will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.
Luke 5
:36
5:36
And He also spoke a parable to them: No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts
it on an old garment; otherwise,
1he will tear the new
garment, and also the patch from the new will not match the old.
Luke 5
:37
5:37
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the wineskins, and it will be poured out and the wineskins will be ruined;
Luke 5
:38
5:38
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
Luke 5
:39
5:39
And no one who has drunk the old desires the new, for he says, The old is better.
