1 And it happened that, as the crowd was pressing around Him {Iesous, Teaching Lord} and listening to the word of God {Theos, Divine Speaker}, He was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret.
2 And He {Iesous, Attentive Savior} saw two boats standing beside the lake, but the fishermen {halieis: professional net fishers} had gone out from them and were washing the nets.
3 And having entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He {Iesous, Compassionate Teacher} asked him to put out a little from the land. And having sat down, He was teaching the crowds {ochlous: gathered multitudes} from the boat.
4 And when He {Iesous, Divine Instructor} had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep {bathos: deep water}, and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 And Simon answered and said, “Master, through the whole night we have labored and caught nothing; yet at Your {Iesous, Trusted Commander} word I will let down the nets {diktya: fishing gear}.”
6 And when they had done this, they trapped a great multitude of fish {ichthyon: numerous catch}, and their nets {diktya: woven gear} began to tear.
7 And they motioned to the partners {metochois: joint participants} in the other boat to come and help. And they came and loaded both boats until they were starting to sink {buthizesthai: to submerge heavily}.
8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he dropped to his knees before Jesus {Iesous, Miracle Worker} and said, “Leave me, because I am a sinful man, Lord {Kyrios, Sovereign Master}.”
9 For amazement {thambos: overwhelming awe} seized him and all who were with him because of the catch {agra: abundant haul} of fish they had caught.
10 Likewise, James and John, sons of Zebedee, were partners with Simon. And Jesus {Iesous, Commissioning Lord} said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people alive {zogron: bringing to life}.”
11 And when they had brought the boats {ploia: fishing vessels} onto the land, having left everything behind, they followed Him {Iesous, Discipleship Leader}.
12 And it happened, while He was in one of the cities, that behold, a man full of leprosy; when he saw Jesus {Iesous, Compassionate Healer}, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord {Kyrios, Trusted Deliverer}, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse {katharisai: make ritually pure} me.”
13 And having stretched out His hand, He {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} touched him and said, “I will; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy {lepra: defiling illness} departed from him.
14 And He {Iesous, Miracle Worker} commanded him to tell no one, but, having gone away, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing just as Moses commanded for a testimony {martyrion: legal witness} to them.
15 But even more the news about Him {Iesous, Compassionate Healer} was spreading, and many crowds were gathering to hear and to be healed from their illnesses {astheneia: bodily frailties}.
16 But He {Iesous, Prayerful Son} was withdrawing in the wilderness places {eremois: desolate regions} and was praying.
17 And it happened on one of the days, as He was teaching, that Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord {Kyrios, Sovereign Healer} was with Him to heal {iasthai: to restore to health}.
18 And behold, men were bringing on a bed {klines: sleeping mat} a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to carry him in and to lay him before Him {Iesous, Merciful Healer}.
19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the crowd {ochlos: assembled throng}, they went up on the roof and, through the tiles, let him down with the cot into the midst before Jesus {Iesous, Restoring Healer}.
20 And having seen their faith, He {Iesous, Sin-Forgiver} said, “O man, your sins {hamartiai: guilty acts} have been forgiven.”
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this one who speaks blasphemies {blasphēmias: irreverent speech}? Who can forgive sins except God {Theos, Exclusive Forgiver} alone?”
22 But Jesus {Iesous, Knower of Thoughts}, having perceived their thoughts {dialogismos: hidden reasoning}, answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts?”
23 Which is easier {eukopoteron: less difficult}, to say, “Your sins {hamartiai: moral wrongs} have been forgiven you,” or to say, “Rise and walk?”
24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man {huios tou anthropou, Messianic Judge} has authority {exousian: delegated right} on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralyzed man, “I say to you; Get up; take up your bed; and go to your house.”
25 And immediately {parachrēma: swift action}, having risen before them and taking up what he had been lying on, he went to his own house, glorifying God {Theos, Sovereign Healer}.
26 And amazement {ekstasis: Sudden Wonder} seized them all, and they glorified God {Theos, Worthy Of Praise}, and they were filled with fear, saying, “We saw extraordinary things today.”
27 And after these things He {Iesous, Seeking Savior} went out and saw a tax collector {telonen: Roman tax agent} named Levi, sitting at the tax booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me.”
28 And leaving {katalipon: forsook former life} all things, he rose and followed Him {Iesous, Compassionate Teacher}.
29 And Levi made a great feast for Him {Iesous, Honored Guest} in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors {telonon: Roman revenue officers} and others who were reclining with them.
30 And the Pharisees and their scribes were murmuring toward His {Iesous, Merciful Guest of Sinners} disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors {telonon: government revenue agents} and sinners {hamartolon: socially despised offenders}?”
31 And Jesus {Iesous, Divine Teacher} answered and said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are ill {kakos: severely unwell}.”
32 I {Iesous, Merciful Caller} have not come to call the righteous, but sinners {hamartolous: morally broken persons} to repentance.
33 But they said to Him {Iesous Christos, Anointed Prophet}, “The disciples of John fast often and make prayers {deeseis: earnest petitions}, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but Yours eat and drink.”
34 But He {Iesous, Celebrating Bridegroom} said to them, “Are you able to make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom {nymphios: central bridegroom figure} is with them?”
35 But the days will come, and when the bridegroom {nymphios: wedding groom} is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days {hemerai: appointed times}.
36 He also spoke a parable {parabolen: illustrative story} to them, saying that no one tears a patch {epiblema: sewn repair piece} from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise, he will tear the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
37 And no one puts new wine into old skins {askos: flexible goatskin containers}; but if not, the new wine will burst {rhēxei: tear open} the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed.
38 But new {neon: freshly produced} wine must be put into new wineskins {askous: animal skin containers}.
39 And no one who has drunk old {palaion: aged vintage} desires new, for he says, "The old is good {chrestos: beneficial quality}."