Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
On
one
occasion
, while
Jesus
was
standing
by
the
Lake
of
Gennesaret
with
the crowd
pressing
in
on
Him to hear the word of God,
And
it
came
to
pass
, that,
as
the people
pressed
upon
him to hear the word of God, he
stood
by
the
lake
of
Gennesaret,
He
saw two boats
at
the
edge
of
the lake .
The fishermen had
left
them and were washing their nets.
And
saw two ships
standing
by
the lake :
but
the fishermen were
gone
out
of
them ,
and were washing their nets.
Jesus
got
into the boat
belonging
to
Simon
and asked
him to
put
out a little from shore
. And sitting
down, He
taught the people from
the boat
.
And
he
entered
into one
of
the ships,
which
was
Simon's,
and prayed
him that
he
would
thrust
out a little from the
land
. And he
sat
down, and
taught the people out
of
the ship
.
When Jesus
had finished
speaking, He said to
Simon, “Put
out into deep water
and let down your nets for a catch
. ”
Now
when he
had left
speaking, he said unto
Simon, Launch
out into the
deep ,
and let down your nets for a draught
.
“Master,”
Simon replied
, “
we have worked
hard
all night without
catching
anything.
But
because
You
say
so
, I will let down the nets
. ”
And
Simon answering
said
unto
him
, Master,
we have toiled
all the
night, and
have
taken
nothing:
nevertheless
at
thy
word
I will let down the net
.
When they had done so
, they caught
such
a large
number
of fish
that
their nets
began
to
tear
.
And
when they had this
done, they inclosed
a great
multitude
of fishes:
and
their net
brake
.
So
they signaled
to
their partners in the other boat
to
come and help them ,
and they came and filled both boats
so full
that they began to sink.
And
they beckoned
unto
their partners ,
which
were
in the other ship,
that
they
should
come and help them .
And they came ,
and filled both the
ships,
so that they began to sink.
When Simon Peter saw this
, he fell at Jesus ’
knees .
“Go
away
from
me
, Lord,”
he
said
, “
for I am a sinful man. ”
When Simon Peter saw it
, he fell down
at Jesus '
knees, saying
, Depart
from
me;
for I am a sinful man ,
O
Lord
.
For he and his
companions
were astonished
at the catch
of fish
they had taken ,
For he was
astonished,
and all
that
were with
him,
at the draught
of the
fishes
which
they had taken :
and so were
his
partners
James and John, the sons of Zebedee .
“Do
not
be
afraid
, ”
Jesus said to
Simon .
“
From now
on
you
will
catch men. ”
And so was
also
James ,
and John, the sons of Zebedee, which
were
partners
with
Simon.
And
Jesus said unto
Simon ,
Fear
not;
from henceforth
thou
shalt
catch men.
And when they had brought their boats
ashore
, they left
everything
and followed Him.
And when they had brought their ships
to
land
, they forsook
all,
and followed him.
While
Jesus
was in one
of
the
towns
, a man came
along
who
was
covered
with
leprosy .
When
he
saw
Jesus ,
he
fell facedown
and begged
Him, “
Lord, if You
are
willing
, You
can
make me clean. ”
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
was in a
certain
city
, behold
a man full
of
leprosy :
who
seeing
Jesus fell on
his
face,
and besought
him, saying,
Lord, if thou
wilt
, thou
canst
make me clean.
Jesus
reached
out
His hand and touched the
man.
“I
am
willing
, ”
He
said.
“
Be clean !”
And immediately the leprosy left
him.
And
he
put
forth
his hand ,
and touched him
, saying,
I
will:
be thou
clean .
And immediately the leprosy departed
from
him.
“Do
not
tell
anyone,”
Jesus
instructed
him .
“
But go, show
yourself
to the priest and present
the
offering
Moses
prescribed
for your
cleansing, as a testimony to
them. ”
And
he
charged
him to
tell
no
man:
but go, and
shew
thyself
to the priest ,
and offer
for thy
cleansing, according
as Moses
commanded,
for
a testimony unto
them.
But the
news
about
Jesus
spread
all
the more ,
and great crowds
came to hear Him
and to be healed of their sicknesses
.
But so
much
the more went
there
a
fame
abroad
of
him:
and great multitudes
came together
to hear ,
and to be healed by
him
of their infirmities
.
Yet
He frequently
withdrew to
the wilderness to
pray
.
And
he withdrew himself
into
the wilderness ,
and
prayed
.
One
day Jesus
was teaching, and
the
Pharisees and teachers
of the law were
sitting there.
People
had
come from
Jerusalem
and
from
every village
of Galilee and Judea
, and the power of the Lord was present for
Him
to heal the
sick
.
And
it
came
to
pass
on
a
certain
day ,
as
he
was teaching, that
there
were
Pharisees and doctors
of the law sitting by,
which
were
come out
of
every town
of Galilee ,
and Judaea
, and Jerusalem:
and
the power of the Lord was present to heal them
.
Just
then
some
men came
carrying
a paralyzed
man on
a mat.
They tried
to bring him inside
to set
him before Jesus,
And,
behold,
men brought
in
a bed
a
man which
was
taken
with
a palsy:
and
they sought
means
to bring him in,
and
to lay
him before him.
but
they could not find a
way through
the crowd.
So
they went up
on
the roof
and lowered
him on
his
mat
through the tiles
into the middle
of
the
crowd,
right
in
front
of
Jesus.
And
when
they could not find by
what
way they
might
bring
him
in
because
of
the multitude,
they went upon
the housetop,
and let
him down
through the tiling
with
his
couch
into the midst
before
Jesus.
When Jesus
saw their faith, He said, “Friend
, your
sins are forgiven. ”
And
when he
saw their faith, he said unto
him
, Man
, thy
sins are forgiven thee
.
But
the scribes and Pharisees began thinking
to themselves
, “
Who is this man
who
speaks
blasphemy
? Who can forgive sins but God alone? ”
And
the scribes and the
Pharisees began to reason
, saying,
Who is this which
speaketh
blasphemies
? Who can forgive sins ,
but God alone?
Knowing
what
they
were
thinking,
Jesus replied
, “Why
are
you
thinking
these
things
in your hearts?
But
when
Jesus perceived
their
thoughts
, he
answering
said
unto
them,
What
reason
ye
in your hearts?
Which
is easier :
to say, ‘Your
sins are
forgiven ,’
or to say, ‘Get
up and walk? ’
Whether
is easier ,
to say, Thy
sins be
forgiven thee;
or to say, Rise
up and walk?
But so
that you
may know that the Son of Man has
authority
on
the
earth to forgive sins ...”
He said to
the paralytic
, “
I tell
you
, get
up
, pick
up your
mat
, and go home
. ”
But that ye
may know that the Son of man hath
power
upon
earth to forgive sins ,
(
he said unto
the sick
of
the
palsy
, )
I say
unto
thee
, Arise
, and
take
up thy
couch
, and go into
thine
house
.
And immediately the
man
stood
up before them, took what
he had
been
lying
on
, and went
home
glorifying God.
And immediately he
rose
up before them, and
took up
that
whereon
he lay
, and departed
to
his
own
house,
glorifying God.
Everyone
was
taken
with
amazement
and glorified God .
They
were filled with awe
and
said
, “
We have seen remarkable
things today
. ”
And they
were
all
amazed,
and
they
glorified God ,
and
were filled with fear
, saying,
We have seen strange
things to
day
.
After this,
Jesus
went out
and saw a tax
collector
named Levi sitting at the tax
booth.
“Follow
Me,”
He told
him,
And
after these
things
he
went forth,
and saw a publican,
named Levi ,
sitting at the receipt
of
custom:
and
he said
unto
him, Follow
me.
and Levi
got
up,
left everything
, and followed Him.
And he
left all
, rose
up,
and followed him.
Then
Levi hosted
a great banquet
for
Jesus
at
his house .
A large
crowd
of tax
collectors
was
there,
along
with
others who
were
eating
with them.
And
Levi made
him
a great feast
in
his own
house :
and
there
was
a great
company
of publicans
and
of
others that
sat
down
with them.
But the
Pharisees
and
their scribes complained
to
Jesus’
disciples, “
Why do you
eat and drink with tax
collectors
and sinners? ”
But their scribes and
Pharisees
murmured
against
his
disciples, saying,
Why do ye
eat and drink with publicans
and sinners?
Jesus answered
, “It
is
not
the
healthy
who
need a doctor,
but the
sick.
And
Jesus answering
said
unto
them
, They
that
are
whole
need not
a physician;
but they
that
are
sick.
I have
not come
to call the righteous, but sinners ,
to repentance. ”
I came
not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Then
they said to
Him, “John’s
disciples and
those
of the
Pharisees
frequently
fast and pray
, but Yours
keep
on
eating
and drinking.”
And
they said unto
him, Why
do
the
disciples of John
fast often,
and make
prayers
, and
likewise
the
disciples
of
the
Pharisees;
but thine
eat
and drink?
Jesus
replied
, “
Can you
make the guests
of the bridegroom
fast while He
is with them?
And
he
said
unto
them
, Can ye
make the children
of the bridechamber
fast ,
while the
bridegroom
is with them?
But the time
will come when the bridegroom will
be taken from them ;
then they will
fast. ”
But the days
will come ,
when the bridegroom shall
be taken away
from them ,
and
then shall
they fast in
those
days
.
He also told
them
a parable :
“
No one
tears
a piece of cloth
from
a new garment and
sews
it
on
an old one.
If he
does
, he
will
tear
the new garment
as
well
, and the patch
from
the new will
not match
the old.
And
he spake
also a parable unto
them;
No man
putteth
a piece of a new garment upon
an old ;
if otherwise
, then
both
the new maketh
a
rent
, and the piece
that
was
taken
out
of
the new agreeth
not with
the old.
And no one
pours
new wine into old wineskins.
If
he
does,
the new wine will burst the skins
, the
wine
will
spill
, and the wineskins
will
be
ruined
.
And no man
putteth
new wine into old bottles;
else
the new wine will burst the bottles
, and
be
spilled
, and the bottles
shall
perish
.
Instead,
new wine is
poured
into new wineskins
.
But
new wine must
be
put
into new bottles;
and
both
are
preserved
.
And
no one
after
drinking
old wine wants
new ,
for he says
, ‘
The old is better. ’”
No man
also
having
drunk
old wine straightway
desireth
new :
for he saith
, The old is better.
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