Luk 5 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God , He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret ;

Luke 5

The First Disciples

1 ^aNow it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by ^bthe lake of Gennesaret; 2 and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 3 And ^cHe got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little distance from the land. And He sat down and continued teaching the crowds from the boat. 4 Now when He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and ^dlet down your nets for a catch.” 5 Simon responded and said, “ ^eMaster, ^fwe worked hard all night and caught nothing, but ^{▼▼Lit upon Your word}I will do as You say and let down the nets.” 6 And when they had done this, ^hthey caught a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to tear; 7 so they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, to the point that they were sinking. 8 But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” 9 For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken; 10 and likewise also were ^{▼▼Or Jacob}James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “ ^jDo not fear; from now on you will be ^kcatching people.” 11 When they had brought their boats to land, ^lthey left everything and followed Him.

A Man with Leprosy Healed

12 ^mWhile He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man ^{▼▼Lit full of}covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” 13 And He reached out with His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 And He ordered him to tell no one, saying, “But go and ^oshow yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” 15 But ^pthe news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus Himself would often slip away ^{▼▼Lit in}to the ^{▼▼Or deserted places}wilderness and ^spray.

A Man Lowered Through a Roof

17 ^{▼▼Lit On one of the days}One day He was teaching, and ^uthere were some Pharisees and ^vteachers of the Law sitting there who had ^wcome from every village of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and ^xthe power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. 18 ^yAnd some men were carrying a man on a stretcher who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. 19 But when they did not find any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on ^zthe roof and let him down ^aathrough the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. 20 And seeing their faith, He said, “ ^{▼▼Lit Man}Friend, ^acyour sins are forgiven you.” 21 The scribes and the Pharisees ^adbegan thinking of the implications, saying, “ ^aeWho is this man who speaks blasphemies? ^afWho can forgive sins, except God alone?” 22 But Jesus, ^{▼▼Or perceiving}aware of their thoughts, responded and said to them, “Why are you thinking this way in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say: ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” He said to the ^ahman who was paralyzed, “I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher, and go home.” 25 And immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home ^aiglorifying God. 26 And ^{▼▼Lit astonishment took them all}they were all struck with astonishment and began ^akglorifying God. They were also filled ^alwith fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today!”

Call of Levi (Matthew)

27 ^amAfter that He went out and looked at a tax collector named ^{▼▼Also called Matthew
,} ^aoLevi sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” 28 And he ^apleft everything behind, and got up and began following Him.

29 And ^aqLevi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a large crowd of ^artax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. 30 ^asThe Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling to His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and ^{▼▼I.e., irreligious Jews}sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered and said to them, “ ^auIt is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”

33 And they said to Him, “ ^avThe disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do ^{▼▼Lit likewise}the same, but Yours eat and drink.” 34 And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the ^{▼▼Lit sons of the bridal chamber}attendants of the groom fast while the groom is with them, can you? 35 ^ayBut the days will come; and when the groom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” 36 And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the patch from the new garment will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one, after drinking old wine wants new; for he says, ‘The old is fine.’”