Dual Panel1Now Jesus was <1510> standing <2476> by <3844> the Lake <3041> of Gennesaret <1082>, and the crowd <3793> was pressing around <1945> him <846> to hear <191> the word <3056> of God <2316>.
2He saw <1492> two <1417> boats <4143> by <3844> the lake <3041>, but <1161> the fishermen <231> had gotten out <576> of <575> them <846> and were washing <4150> their nets <1350>.
3He got <1684> into <1519> one <1520> of the boats <4143>, which <3739> was <1510> Simon’s <4613>, and asked <2065> him <846> to put out <1877> a little way <3641> from <575> the shore <1093>. Then Jesus sat down <2523> and <1161> taught <1321> the crowds <3793> from <1537> the boat <4143>.
4When <5613> he had finished <3973> speaking <2980>, he said <2036> to <4314> Simon <4613>, “Put out <1877> into <1519> the deep water <899> and <2532> lower <5465> your <5216> nets <1350> for <1519> a catch <61>.”
5Simon <4613> answered <611> <2036>, “Master <1988>, we worked hard <2872> all <3650> night <3571> and caught <2983> nothing <3762>! But <1161> at <1909> your <4675> word <4487> I will lower <5465> the nets <1350>.”
6When they had done <4160> this <5124>, they caught <4788> so many <4128> <4183> fish <2486> that their <846> nets <1350> started to tear <1284>.
7So <2532> they motioned <2656> to their partners <3353> in <1722> the other <2087> boat <4143> to come <2064> and help <4815> them <846>. And <2532> they came <2064> and <2532> filled <4130> both <297> boats <4143>, so <5620> that they <846> were about to sink <1036>.
8But <1161> when <1492> Simon <4613> Peter <4074> saw <1492> it, he fell down <4363> at Jesus <2424>’ knees <1119>, saying <3004>, “Go away <1831> from <575> me <1700>, Lord <2962>, for <3754> I am <1510> a sinful <268> man <435>!”
9For <1063> Peter <846> and <2532> all <3956> who were with <4862> him <846> were astonished <4023> astonished <2285> at <1909> the catch <61> of fish <2486> that <3739> they had taken <4815>,
10and <2532> so <1161> were <3668> James <2385> and <2532> John <2491>, Zebedee’s <2199> sons <5207>, who were <1510> Simon’s <4613> business partners <2844>. Then <2532> Jesus <2424> said <2036> to <4314> Simon <4613>, “Do <5399> not <3361> be afraid <5399>; from <575> now <3568> on you will be <1510> catching <2221> people <444>.”
11So <2532> when <2609> they had brought <2609> their boats <4143> to <1909> shore <1093>, they left <863> everything <3956> and followed <190> him <846>.
12While Jesus <846> was <1510> in <1722> one <1520> of the towns <4172>, a man <435> came to him who was covered <4134> with leprosy <3014>. When <1492> he saw <1492> Jesus <2424>, he bowed down <4098> with <1909> his face <4383> to the ground and begged <1189> him <846>, “Lord <2962>, if <1437> you are willing <2309>, you can make <1410> me <3165> clean <2511>.”
13So <2532> he stretched out <1614> his hand <5495> and touched <680> him <846>, saying <3004>, “I am willing <2309>. Be clean <2511>!” And <2532> immediately <2112> the leprosy <3014> left <565> him <846>.
14Then <2532> he <846> ordered <3853> the man <846> to tell <2036> no one <3367>, but <235> commanded him, “Go <565> and show <1166> yourself <4572> to a priest <2409>, and <2532> bring the offering <4374> for your <4675> cleansing <2512>, as <2531> Moses <3475> commanded <4367>, as <1519> a testimony <3142> to them <846>.”
15But <1161> the news <3056> about <4012> him <846> spread <1330> even more <3123>, and <2532> large <4183> crowds <3793> were gathering together <4905> to hear <191> him and <2532> to be healed <2323> of <575> their <846> illnesses <769>.
16Yet <1161> Jesus <1510> himself <846> frequently withdrew <5298> to <1722> the wilderness <2048> and <2532> prayed <4336>.
17Now on <1722> one <1520> of those days <2250>, while <1321> he <846> was <1510> teaching <1321>, there were <1510> Pharisees <5330> and <2532> teachers of the law <3547> sitting <2521> nearby (who had come <2064> from <1537> every <3956> village <2968> of Galilee <1056> and <2532> Judea <2449> and <2532> from Jerusalem <2419>), and <2532> the power <1411> of the Lord <2962> was <1510> with him <846> to <1519> heal <2390>.
18Just then some men <435> showed up, carrying <5342> a <444> paralyzed <3886> man <444> on <1909> a stretcher <2825>. They were trying <2212> to bring <1533> him <846> in <1533> and <2532> place <5087> him <846> before <1799> Jesus <846>.
19But <2532> since they found <2147> no <3361> way to carry <1533> him <846> in <1533> because <1223> of the crowd <3793>, they went up <305> on <1909> the roof <1430> and let <2524> him <846> down <2524> on <4862> the stretcher <2826> through <1223> the roof tiles <2766> right in <1519> front <1715> of Jesus <2424>.
20When <1492> Jesus saw <1492> their <846> faith <4102> he said <2036>, “Friend <444>, your <4675> sins <266> are forgiven <863>.”
21Then <2532> the experts in the law <1122> and <2532> the Pharisees <5330> began <756> to think <1260> to themselves, “Who <5101> is <1510> this man <3778> who <3739> is uttering blasphemies <988>? Who <5101> can <1410> forgive <863> sins <266> but <1487> <3361> God <2316> alone <3441>?”
22When <1161> Jesus <2424> perceived <1921> their <846> hostile thoughts <1261>, he said <2036> said <611> to <4314> them <846>, “Why <5101> are you raising objections <1260> within <1722> yourselves <2588> <5216>?
23Which <5101> is <1510> easier <2123>, to say <2036>, ‘Your <4675> sins <266> are forgiven <863>,’ or <2228> to say <2036>, ‘Stand up <1453> and <2532> walk <4043>’?
24But <1161> so <2443> that you may know <1492> that <3754> the Son <5207> of Man <444> has <2192> authority <1849> on <1909> earth <1093> to forgive <863> sins <266>”– he said <2036> to the paralyzed man <3886>– “I tell <3004> you <4671>, stand up <1453>, take <142> your <4675> stretcher <2826> and go <4198> home <3624>.”
25Immediately <3916> he stood up <450> before <1799> them <846>, picked up <142> the stretcher he had been lying on <2621>, and went <565> home <3624>, glorifying <1392> God <2316>.
26Then <2532> astonishment <1611> seized <2983> them all <537>, and <2532> they glorified <1392> God <2316>. They were filled <4130> with awe <5401>, saying <3004>, “We have seen <1492> incredible things <3861> today <4594>.”
27After <3326> this <5023>, Jesus went out <1831> and <2532> saw <2300> a tax collector <5057> named <3686> Levi <3018> sitting <2521> at <1909> the tax booth <5058>. “Follow <190> me <3427>,” he said <2036> to him <846>.
28And <2532> he got up <450> and followed <190> him <846>, leaving <2641> everything <3956> behind.
29Then <2532> Levi <3018> gave <4160> a great <3173> banquet <1403> in <1722> his <846> house <3614> for Jesus <846>, and <2532> there was <1510> a <3793> large <4183> crowd <3793> of tax collectors <5057> and <2532> others <243> sitting at the table <2621> with <3326> them <846>.
30But <2532> the Pharisees <5330> and <2532> their <846> experts in the law <1122> complained <1111> to <4314> his <846> disciples <3101>, saying <3004>, “Why <5101> do you eat <2068> and <2532> drink <4095> with <3326> tax collectors <5057> and <2532> sinners <268>?”
31Jesus <2424> answered <611> <2036> them <846>, “Those who are well <5198> don’t <3756> need <5532> <2192> a physician <2395>, but <235> those who are sick <2192> sick <2560> do.
32I have <2064> not <3756> come <2064> to call <2564> the righteous <1342>, but <235> sinners <268> to <1519> repentance <3341>.”
33Then <1161> they said <3004> to <4314> him <846>, “John’s <2491> disciples <3101> frequently <4437> fast <3522> and <2532> pray <1162>, and so <3668> do <4160> the disciples of the Pharisees <5330>, but <1161> yours <4674> continue to eat <2068> and <2532> drink <4095>.”
34So <1161> Jesus <2424> said <2036> to <4314> them <846>, “You cannot <1410> cannot <3361> make the wedding guests <5207> <3567> fast <3522> while the bridegroom <3566> is <1510> with <3326> them <846>, can you?
35But <1161> those days <2250> are coming <2064>, and <2532> when <3752> the bridegroom <3566> is taken <522> from <575> them <846>, at <1722> that <1565> time <2250> they will fast <3522>.”
36He <3004> also <2532> told <3004> them <846> a parable <3850>: “No one <3762> tears <4977> a patch <1915> from <575> a <2440> new <2537> garment <2440> and sews <1911> it on <1909> an old <3820> garment <2440>. If <1487> he does, he will have torn <4977> the new <2537>, and <2532> the piece <1915> from <575> the new <2537> will not match <4856> the <3588> old <3820>.
37And <2532> no one <3762> pours <906> new <3501> wine <3631> into <1519> old <3820> wineskins <779>. If <1487> he does, the new <3501> wine <3631> will burst <4486> the skins <779> and <2532> will be spilled <1632>, and <2532> the skins <779> will be destroyed <622>.
38Instead <235> new <3501> wine <3631> must be poured <992> into <1519> new <2537> wineskins <779>.
39No one <3762> after drinking <4095> old wine <3820> wants <2309> the new <3501>, for <1063> he says <3004>, ‘The old <3820> is <1510> good enough <5543>.’”