Luke

¹Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. ²He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and they were washing their nets. ³Jesus⁶⁹⁵ entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. ⁴When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.”

⁵Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night and took nothing! But at your word, I will let down the net.” ⁶When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking. ⁷They beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats, so [much] that they began to sink. ⁸But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord!” ⁹He and all who were with him were amazed at their catch of fish; ¹⁰and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.

Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid! From now on, you will be catching people alive.”

¹¹When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

The healing of a leper

¹²It happened, while Jesus⁶⁹⁶ was in one of the cities, that there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

¹³Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I want to! Be made clean.”

Immediately the leprosy left him. ¹⁴Jesus commanded him to tell no one: “But go your way, show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” ¹⁵Still, the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities. ¹⁶However, Jesus⁶⁹⁷ withdrew into the desert and prayed.

The healing of a paralytic

¹⁷It happened, on one of those days, that Jesus was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was [present] to heal the people. ¹⁸Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus. ¹⁹Not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his cot, right in the center, in front of Jesus. ²⁰Seeing their faith, Jesus⁶⁹⁸ said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

²¹The scribes and the Pharisees began to think about this, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

²²But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts in such a way? ²³Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you;’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’ ²⁴However, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (he said to the paralyzed man), “I tell you, arise, take up your cot, and go to your house.”

²⁵Immediately, the man rose up before them and took up what he was lying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God. ²⁶Amazement took hold of all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear,⁶⁹⁹ saying, “We have seen strange things today!”

The calling of Levi (Matthew)

²⁷After these things, he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me!”

²⁸Levi left everything, got up and began to follow Jesus. ²⁹He made a great feast for Jesus⁷⁰⁰ in his house. A great crowd of tax collectors was [assembled] there, and other people were also reclining at the table with them. ³⁰The scribes and the Pharisees murmured against Jesus’ disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?” ³¹Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do! ³²I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

About fasting

³³They asked him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”

³⁴Jesus⁷⁰¹ said to them, “Can you make the guests of the wedding⁷⁰² fast, while the bridegroom is with them? ³⁵But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”

³⁶He also told them a parable: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old. ³⁷No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. ³⁸Instead, new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved. ³⁹No one who has drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better!’”

About the Sabbath

695. Greek “he” (also in verse 13, 15, 17 and 27)
696. Greek “he”
697. Greek “he”
698. Greek “he”
699. Or “awe”
700. Greek “him”
701. CT reads “Jesus.” Other manuscripts, including the Patriarchal Text, read “he.”
702. Literally “sons of the bride-chamber”