1And[G1161] it came to pass[G1096], that, as[G1722] the people[G3793] pressed upon[G1945]him[G846] to hear[G191] the word[G3056] of God[G2316], he[G846]stood[G2258]by[G3844] the lake[G3041] of Gennesaret[G1082],
2And[G2532]saw[G1492]two[G1417]ships[G4143]standing[G2476]by[G3844] the lake[G3041]: but[G1161] the fishermen[G231] were gone[G576] out of[G575]them[G846], and[G2532] were washing[G637] their nets[G1350].
3And[G1161] he entered[G1684]into[G1519]one[G1520]of[G1537] the ships[G4143], which[G3739]was[G2258] Simon's, and[G2532]prayed[G2065]him[G846] that he would thrust out[G1877] a little[G3641]from[G575] the land[G1093]. And[G2532] he sat down[G2523], and[G2532]taught[G1321] the people[G3793]out[G1877]of[G1537] the ship[G4143].
4Now[G1161]when[G5613] he had left[G3973]speaking[G2980], he said[G2036]unto[G4314]Simon[G4613], Launch out[G1877]into[G1519] the deep[G899], and[G2532] let down[G5465]your[G5216]nets[G1350]for[G1519] a draught[G61].
5And[G2532]Simon[G4613]answering[G611]said[G2036] unto him[G846], Master[G1988], we have toiled[G2872]all[G3650] the night[G3571], and[G2532] have taken[G2983]nothing[G3762]: nevertheless[G1161]at[G1909]thy[G4675]word[G4487] I will let down[G5465] the net[G1350].
6And[G2532] when they had[G4160]this[G5124]done[G4160], they inclosed[G4788] a great[G4183]multitude[G4128] of fishes[G2486]: and[G1161]their[G846]net[G1350]brake[G1284].
7And[G2532]they[G846]beckoned[G2656] unto their partners[G3353], which[G3588] were in[G1722] the other[G2087]ship[G4143], that they[G846] should come[G2064]and[G2532]help[G4815]them[G846]. And[G2532]they[G846]came[G2064], and[G2532]filled[G4130]both[G297] the ships[G4143], so[G5620] that they[G846] began to sink[G1036].
8When[G1161]Simon[G4613]Peter[G4074]saw[G1492] it, he fell down at[G4363]Jesus[G2424]' knees[G1119], saying[G3004], Depart[G1831]from[G575]me[G1700]; for[G3754] I am[G1510] a sinful[G268]man[G435], O Lord[G2962].
9For[G1063]he[G846] was astonished[G4023], and[G2532]all[G3956] that were[G4862] with him[G846], at[G1909] the draught[G61] of the fishes[G2486]which[G3739] they had taken[G4815]:
10And[G1161]so[G3668] was also[G2532]James[G2385], and[G2532]John[G2491], the sons[G5207] of Zebedee[G2199], which[G3739]were[G2258]partners[G2844] with Simon[G4613]. And[G2532]Jesus[G2424]said[G2036]unto[G4314]Simon[G4613], Fear[G5399]not[G3361]; from[G575]henceforth[G3568] thou shalt[G2071]catch[G2221]men[G444].
11And[G2532] when they had brought[G2609] their ships[G4143]to[G1909]land[G1093], they forsook[G863]all[G537], and[G2532]followed[G190]him[G846].
12And[G2532] it came to pass[G1096], when he[G846]was[G1511]in[G1722] a certain[G3391]city[G4172], behold[G2400] a man[G435]full[G4134] of leprosy[G3014]: who[G2532]seeing[G1492]Jesus[G2424]fell[G4098]on[G1909] his face[G4383], and[G2532]besought[G1189]him[G846], saying[G3004], Lord[G2962], if[G1437] thou wilt[G2309], thou canst[G1410]make[G2511]me[G3165]clean[G2511].
13And[G2532] he put forth[G1614] his hand[G5495], and[G2532]touched[G680]him[G846], saying[G2036], I will[G2309]: be thou clean[G2511]. And[G2532]immediately[G2112] the leprosy[G3014]departed[G565]from[G575]him[G846].
14And[G2532]he[G846]charged[G3853]him[G846] to tell[G2036] no man[G3367]: but[G235]go[G565], and[G2532]shew[G1166]thyself[G4572] to the priest[G2409], and[G2532]offer[G4374]for[G4012]thy[G4675]cleansing[G2512], according as[G2531]Moses[G3475]commanded[G4367], for[G1519] a testimony[G3142] unto them[G846].
15But[G1161] so much the more[G3123] went there[G1330] a fame[G3056]abroad[G1330]of[G4012]him[G846]: and[G2532]great[G4183]multitudes[G3793] came together[G4905] to hear[G191], and[G2532] to be healed[G2323]by[G5259]him[G846]of[G575]their[G846]infirmities[G769].
16And[G1161] he withdrew[G2258]himself[G846]into[G1722] the wilderness[G2048], and[G2532]prayed[G4336].
17And[G2532] it came to[G1519]pass[G1096]on[G1722] a certain[G3391]day[G2250], as[G2532]he[G846]was[G2258]teaching[G1321], that[G2532] there were[G2258]Pharisees[G5330]and[G2532] doctors of[G1537] the law[G3547] sitting by[G2521], which[G3739]were[G2258]come[G2064] out of[G1537]every[G3956]town[G2968]of[G1537]Galilee[G1056], and[G2532]Judaea[G2449], and[G2532]Jerusalem[G2419]: and[G2532] the power[G1411]of[G1537] the Lord[G2962]was[G2258] present to[G1519]heal[G2390]them[G846].
18And[G2532], behold[G2400], men[G435]brought[G5342]in[G1909] a bed[G2825] a man[G444]which[G3739]was[G2258] taken with a palsy[G3886]: and[G2532] they sought[G2212] means to bring[G1533]him[G846]in[G1533], and[G2532] to lay[G5087]him[G846]before[G1799]him[G846].
19And[G2532] when they could[G2147]not[G3361]find[G2147]by[G1223]what[G4169] way they might bring[G1533]him[G846]in[G1533]because[G1223] of the multitude[G3793], they went[G305]upon[G1909] the housetop[G1430], and[G2532]let[G2524]him[G846]down[G2524]through[G1223] the tiling[G2766]with[G4862] his couch[G2826]into[G1519] the midst[G3319]before[G1715]Jesus[G2424].
20And[G2532] when he saw[G1492]their[G846]faith[G4102], he said[G2036] unto him[G846], Man[G444], thy[G4675]sins[G266] are forgiven[G863]thee[G4671].
21And[G2532] the scribes[G1122]and[G2532] the Pharisees[G5330]began[G756] to reason[G1260], saying[G3004], Who[G5101]is[G2076]this[G3778]which[G3739]speaketh[G2980]blasphemies?[G988]Who[G5101]can[G1410]forgive[G863]sins[G266], but[G1508]God[G2316]alone?[G3441]
22But[G1161] when Jesus[G2424]perceived[G1921]their[G846]thoughts[G1261], he answering[G611]said[G2036]unto[G4314]them[G846], What[G5101] reason ye[G1260]in[G1722]your[G5216]hearts?[G2588]
23Whether[G5101]is[G2076]easier[G2123], to say[G2036], Thy[G4675]sins[G266] be forgiven[G863]thee[G4671]; or[G2228] to say[G2036], Rise up[G1453]and[G2532]walk?[G4043]
24But[G1161]that[G2443] ye may know[G1492]that[G3754] the Son[G5207] of man[G444]hath[G2192]power[G1849]upon[G1909]earth[G1093] to forgive[G863] sins,(he said[G2036] unto the sick of the palsy[G3886],) I say[G3004] unto thee[G4671], Arise[G1453], and[G2532] take up[G142]thy[G4675]couch[G2826], and[G2532]go[G4198]into[G1519]thine[G4675]house[G3624].
25And[G2532]immediately[G3916] he rose up[G450]before[G1799]them[G846], and[G2532] took up[G142] that whereon[G1909] he lay[G2621], and[G2532]departed[G565]to[G1519] his own[G846]house[G3624], glorifying[G1392]God[G2316].
26And[G2532] they were[G2983]all[G537]amazed[G1611], and[G2532] they glorified[G1392]God[G2316], and[G2532]were[G2983]filled[G4130] with fear[G5401], saying[G3004], We have seen[G1492] strange things[G3861] to day[G4594].
27And[G2532]after[G3326] these things[G5023] he went forth[G1831], and[G2532]saw[G2300] a publican[G5057], named[G3686]Levi[G3018], sitting[G2521]at[G1909] the receipt of custom[G5058]: and[G2532] he said[G2036] unto him[G846], Follow[G190]me[G3427].
28And[G2532] he left[G2641]all[G537], rose up[G450], and[G2532]followed[G190]him[G846].
29And[G2532]Levi[G3018]made[G4160]him[G846] a great[G3173]feast[G1403]in[G1722] his own[G846]house[G3614]: and[G2532] there was[G2258] a great[G4183]company[G3793] of publicans[G5057]and[G2532] of others[G243]that[G3739] sat down[G2258]with[G3326]them[G846].
30But[G2532]their[G846]scribes[G1122]and[G2532]Pharisees[G5330]murmured[G1111]against[G4314]his[G846]disciples[G3101], saying[G3004], Why[G1302] do ye eat[G2068]and[G2532]drink[G4095]with[G3326]publicans[G5057]and[G2532]sinners?[G268]
31And[G2532]Jesus[G2424]answering[G611]said[G2036]unto[G4314]them[G846], They that are[G2192]whole[G5198]need[G5532]not[G3756] a physician[G2395]; but[G235] they that are[G2192]sick[G2560].
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I came[G2064]not[G3756]to[G1519]call[G2564] the righteous[G1342], but[G235]sinners[G268]to[G1519]repentance[G3341].
33And[G1161] they said[G2036]unto[G4314]him[G846], Why[G1302]do[G3522] the disciples[G3101] of John[G2491]fast[G3522]often[G4437], and[G2532]make[G4160]prayers[G1162], and[G2532]likewise[G3668] the disciples[G3588] of the Pharisees[G5330]; but[G1161]thine[G4674]eat[G2068]and[G2532]drink?[G4095]
34And[G1161] he said[G2036]unto[G4314]them[G846], Can ye[G1410]make[G4160] the children[G5207] of the bridechamber[G3567]fast[G3522], while[G3739] the bridegroom[G3566]is[G2076]with[G3326]them?[G846]
35But[G1161] the days[G2250] will come[G2064], when[G3752] the bridegroom[G3566] shall be taken away[G522]from[G575]them[G846], and then[G5119] shall they fast[G3522]in[G1722]those[G1565]days[G2250].
36And[G1161] he spake[G3004]also[G2532] a parable[G3850]unto[G4314]them[G846]; No man[G3762]putteth[G1911] a piece[G1915]of[G575] a new[G2537]garment[G2440]upon[G1909] an old[G2440]; if otherwise, then[G1490]both[G2532] the new[G2537] maketh a rent[G4977], and[G2532] the piece[G1915] that was taken out of[G575] the new[G2537]agreeth[G4856]not[G3756] with the old[G3820].
37And[G2532] no man[G3762]putteth[G906]new[G3501]wine[G3631]into[G1519]old[G3820]bottles[G779]; else[G1490] the new[G3501]wine[G3631] will burst[G4486] the bottles[G779], and[G846] be spilled[G1632], and[G846] the bottles[G779] shall perish[G622].
38But[G235]new[G3501]wine[G3631] must be put[G992]into[G1519]new[G2537]bottles[G779]; and[G2532]both[G297] are preserved[G4933].
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No man[G3762]also[G2532] having drunk[G4095]old[G3820] wine straightway[G2112]desireth[G2309]new[G3501]: for[G1063] he saith[G3004], The old[G3820]is[G2076]better[G5543].