Luke 5:4-27

⁴Now when he had left speaking, he sayd vnto Simon, Lanch out into the deepe, and let downe your nettes to make a draught.

⁵Then Simon answered, and sayd vnto him, Master, we haue trauailed sore all night, and haue taken nothing: neuerthelesse at thy worde I will let downe the net.

⁶And when they had so done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, so that their net brake.

⁷And they beckened to their parteners, which were in the other ship, that they shoulde come and helpe them, who came then, and filled both the ships, that they did sinke.

⁸Now when Simon Peter saw it, he fel down at Iesus knees, saying, Lord, go from me: for I am a sinfull man.

⁹For he was vtterly astonied, and all that were with him, for the draught of fishes which they tooke.

¹⁰And so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedeus, which were companions with Simon. Then Iesus sayde vnto Simon, Feare not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

¹¹And when they had brought the ships to land, they forsooke all, and followed him.

¹²Nowe it came to passe, as he was in a certaine citie, beholde, there was a man full of leprosie, and when he sawe Iesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.

¹³So he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will, be thou cleane. And immediately the leprosie departed from him.

¹⁴And he commanded him that hee should tell it no man: but Go, sayth he, and shew thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing, as Moses hath commanded, for a witnes vnto them.

¹⁵But so much more went there a fame abroad of him, and great multitudes came together to heare, and to be healed of him of their infirmities.

¹⁶But he kept himselfe apart in the wildernes, and prayed.

¹⁷And it came to passe, on a certaine day, as he was teaching, that the Pharises and doctours of the Law sate by, which were come out of euery towne of Galile, and Iudea, and Hierusalem, and the power of the Lord was in him to heale them.

¹⁸Then beholde, men brought a man lying in a bed, which was taken with a palsie, and they sought meanes to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

¹⁹And when they could not finde by what way they might bring him in, because of the preasse, they went vp on the house, and let him downe through the tyling, bed and all, in the middes before Iesus.

²⁰And when he sawe their faith, he sayd vnto him, Man, thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

²¹Then the Scribes and the Pharises began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? who can forgiue sinnes, but God onely?

²²But when Iesus perceiued their reasoning, he answered, and sayd vnto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

²³Whether is easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee, or to say, Rise and walke?

²⁴But that ye may know that that Sonne of man hath authoritie to forgiue sinnes in earth, (he sayd vnto the sicke of the palsie) I say to thee, Arise: take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house.

²⁵And immediatly he rose vp before them, and tooke vp his bed whereon he lay, and departed to his owne house, praysing God.

²⁶And they were all amased, and praysed God, and were filled with feare, saying, Doutlesse we haue seene strange things to day.

²⁷And after that, he went foorth and sawe a Publicane named Leui, sitting at the receite of custome, and sayd vnto him, Follow me.