5NOW IT occurred that while the people pressed upon Jesus to hear the message of God, He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee).G1161G1096G1722G3793G1945G846G191G3056G2316G2532G846G2258G2476G3844G3041G10822And He saw two boats drawn up by the lake, but the fishermen had gone down from them and were washing their nets.G2532G1492G1417G4143G2476G3844G3041G1161G231G576G575G846G637G13503And getting into one of the boats, [the one] that belonged to Simon (Peter), He requested him to draw away a little from the shore. Then He sat down and continued to teach the crowd [of people] from the boat.G1161G1684G1519G1520G4143G3739G2258G4613G2065G846G1877G3641G575G1093G2532G2523G1321G3793G1537G41434When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon (Peter), Put out into the deep [water], and lower your nets for a haul.G1161G5613G3973G2980G2036G4314G4613G1877G1519G899G2532G5465G5216G1350G1519G615And Simon (Peter) answered, Master, we toiled all night [exhaustingly] and caught nothing [in our nets]. But on the ground of Your word, I will lower the nets [again].G2532G4613G611G2036G846G1988G2872G3650G1223G3571G2983G3762G1161G1909G4675G4487G5465G13506And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish; and as their nets were [at the point of] breaking,G2532G4160G5124G4160G4788G4183G4128G2486G1161G846G1350G12847They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and take hold with them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.G2532G2656G3353G3588G1722G2087G4143G2064G4815G846G2532G2064G2532G4130G297G4143G5620G846G10368But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.G1161G4613G4074G1492G4363G2424G1119G3004G1831G575G1700G3754G1510G268G435G29629For he was gripped with bewildering amazement [allied to terror], and all who were with him, at the haul of fish which they had made;G1063G846G4023G2285G2532G3956G4862G846G1909G61G2486G3739G481510And so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon (Peter). And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from now on you will be catching men!G1161G3668G2532G2385G2532G2491G5207G2199G3739G2258G2844G4613G2532G2424G2036G4314G4613G5399G3361G575G3568G2071G2221G44411And after they had run their boats on shore, they left everything and joined Him as His disciples {and} sided with His party {and} accompanied Him.G2532G2609G4143G1909G1093G863G537G190G84612While He was in one of the towns, there came a man full of (covered with) leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cure me {and} make me clean.G2532G1096G846G1511G1722G1722G3391G4172G2532G2400G435G4134G3014G2532G1492G2424G4098G1909G4383G1189G846G3004G2962G1437G2309G1410G2511G3165G251113And [Jesus] reached out His hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him.G2532G1614G5495G680G846G2036G2309G2511G2532G2112G3014G565G575G84614And [Jesus] charged him to tell no one [that he might chance to meet], until [He said] you go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony {and} proof to the people, that they may have evidence [of your healing].G2532G846G3853G846G2036G3367G235G565G1166G4572G2409G2532G4374G4012G4675G2512G2531G3475G4367G1519G3142G84615But so much the more the news spread abroad concerning Him, and great crowds kept coming together to hear [Him] and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.G1161G3123G1330G3056G1330G4012G846G2532G4183G3793G4905G191G2532G2323G5259G846G575G846G76916But He Himself withdrew [in retirement] to the wilderness (desert) and prayed.G1161G2258G5298G846G1722G2048G2532G433617One of those days, as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come from every village {and} town of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was [present] with Him to heal {them}.G2532G1096G1722G3391G2250G2532G846G2258G1321G2532G2258G5330G2532G3547G2521G3739G2258G2064G1537G3956G2968G1056G2532G2449G2532G2419G2532G1411G2962G2258G1519G2390G84618And behold, some men were bringing on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to carry him in and lay him before [Jesus].G2532G2400G435G5342G1909G2825G444G3739G2258G3886G2532G2212G1533G846G1533G2532G5087G1799G84619But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with his stretcher through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus.G2532G2147G3361G2147G1223G4169G1533G846G1533G1223G3793G305G1909G1430G2524G846G2524G1223G2766G4862G2826G1519G3319G1715G242420And when He saw [their confidence in Him, springing from] their faith, He said, Man, your sins are forgiven you!G2532G1492G846G4102G2036G846G444G4675G266G863G467121And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason {and} question {and} argue, saying, Who is this [Man] Who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?G2532G1122G2532G5330G756G1260G3004G5101G2076G3778G3739G2980G988G5101G1410G863G266G1508G2316G344122But Jesus, knowing their thoughts {and} questionings, answered them, Why do you question in your hearts?G1161G2424G1921G846G1261G611G2036G4314G846G5101G1260G1722G5216G258823Which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise and walk [about]?G5101G2076G2123G2036G4675G266G863G4671G2228G2036G1453G2532G404324But that you may know that the Son of Man has the [power of] authority {and} right on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up your litter (stretcher), and go to your own house!G1161G2443G1492G3754G5207G444G2192G1849G1909G1093G863G266G2036G3886G3004G4671G1453G2532G142G4675G2826G4198G1519G4675G362425And instantly [the man] stood up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went away to his house, recognizing {and} praising {and} thanking God.G2532G3916G450G1799G846G142G1909G3739G2621G565G1519G846G3624G1392G231626And overwhelming astonishment {and} ecstasy seized them all, and they recognized {and} praised {and} thanked God; and they were filled with {and} controlled by reverential fear and kept saying, We have seen wonderful {and} strange {and} incredible {and} unthinkable things today!G2532G2983G537G1611G2532G1392G2316G2532G4130G5401G3004G3754G1492G3861G459427And after this, Jesus went out and looked [attentively] at a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, Join Me as a disciple {and} side with My party {and} accompany Me.G2532G3326G5023G1831G2532G2300G5057G3686G3018G2521G1909G5058G2532G2036G846G190G342728And he forsook everything and got up and followed Him [becoming His disciple and siding with His party].G2532G2641G537G450G190G84629And Levi (Matthew) made a great banquet for Him in his own house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others who were reclining [at the table] with them.G2532G3018G4160G846G3173G1403G1722G846G3614G2532G2258G4183G3793G5057G2532G243G3739G2258G2621G3326G84630Now the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling against Jesus' disciples, saying, Why are you eating and drinking with tax collectors and [preeminently] sinful people?G2532G846G1122G2532G5330G1111G4314G846G3101G3004G1302G2068G2532G4095G3326G5057G2532G26831And Jesus replied to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.G2532G2424G611G2036G4314G846G5198G5532G2192G3756G2395G235G2192G256032I have not come to arouse {and} invite {and} call the righteous, but the erring ones (those not free from sin) to repentance [to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins].G2064G3756G2564G1342G235G268G1519G334133Then they said to Him, The disciples of John practice fasting often and offer up prayers of [special] petition, and so do [the disciples] of the Pharisees also, but Yours eat and drink.G1161G2036G4314G846G1302G3522G3101G2491G3522G4437G2532G4160G1162G2532G3668G3588G5330G1161G4674G2068G2532G409534And Jesus said to them, Can you make the wedding guests fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?G1161G2036G4314G846G3361G1410G4160G5207G3567G3522G3739G1722G3566G2076G3326G84635But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then they will fast in those days.G1161G2250G2064G3752G2532G3566G522G575G846G5119G3522G1722G1565G225036He told them a proverb also: No one puts a patch from a new garment on an old garment; if he does, he will both tear the new one, and the patch from the new [one] will not match the old [garment].G1161G3004G2532G3850G4314G846G3754G3762G1911G1915G2537G2440G1909G2440G3820G1490G2532G2537G4977G2532G1915G575G2537G4856G3756G382037And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the fresh wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled and the skins will be ruined (destroyed).G2532G3762G906G3501G3631G1519G3820G779G1490G3501G3631G4486G779G2532G846G1632G2532G779G62238But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.G235G3501G3631G992G1519G2537G779G2532G297G493339And no one after drinking old wine immediately desires new wine, for he says, The old is good {or} {better}.G3762G2532G4095G3820G2112G2309G3501G1063G3004G3820G2076G5543
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