5:1 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,
5:2 And saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing [their] nets.
5:3 And he entered into one of the boats, which was Simons, and asked him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the boat.
5:4 Now when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5:5 And Simon answering said to him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
5:6 And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke.
5:7 And they beckoned to [their] partners, who were in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
5:8 When Simon Peter saw [it], he fell down at Jesus knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
5:10 And so [was] also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
5:11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
5:12 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.
5:13 And he put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
5:15 But so much the more a fame of him went abroad: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was [present] to heal them.
5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man who was sick with the palsy: and they sought [means] to bring him in, and to lay [him] before him.
5:19 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.
5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said to them, Why reason ye in your hearts?
5:23 Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise and walk?
5:24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority upon earth to forgive sins, (he said to the sick with the palsy,) I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thy house.
5:25 And immediately he arose before them, and took up what he had been laying on, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office: and he said to him, Follow me.
5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of tax collectors and of others that sat down with them.
5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
5:31 And Jesus answering said to them, They that are well need not a physician; but they that are sick.
5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
5:33 And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
5:34 And he said to them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.
5:36 And he spoke also a parable to them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if so, then both the new maketh a tear, and the piece that was [taken] out of the new agreeth not with the old.
5:37 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.
5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
5:39 No man also having drunk old [wine] immediately desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.