Luke 5:10-28

¹⁰and so were also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt catch men.

¹¹And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

¹²And it came to pass, when he was in one of the cities, lo! a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.

¹³And he put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy left him.

¹⁴And he charged him to tell no one: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

¹⁵But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.

¹⁶But he was wont to withdraw to desert places, and pray.

¹⁷And it came to pass on a certain day, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present that he might heal.

¹⁸And lo! men brought on a bed a man that was palsied; and they endeavored to bring him in, and to set him before him.

¹⁹And not finding any way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the house-top, and let him down through the tiling with the couch into the midst before Jesus.

²⁰And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.

²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

²²But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered and said to them, What are ye thinking in your hearts?

²³Which is easier? to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk?

²⁴But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins,—he said to the palsied man,—I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go to thy house.

²⁵And he immediately rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and went away to his house, giving glory to God.

²⁶And amazement seized them all, and they gave glory to God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

²⁷And after these things he went out, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him, Follow me.

²⁸And leaving everything, he arose and followed him.