Luke 5:4-27

⁴And as he ceased to speak, he said to Simon, Lead out into the depth, and slack ye your nets to take (some) fish.

⁵And Simon answered, and said to him, Commander, we travailed all the night, and took nothing, but in thy word I shall lay out the net. (And Simon answered, and said to him, Master, (or Teacher), we laboured all night, and took nothing, but at thy word I shall lay out the net.)

⁶And when they had done this thing, they (en)closed together a great multitude of fishes; and their net was broken.

⁷And they beckoned to fellows, that were in another boat, that they should come, and help them. And they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were almost drenched (or so that they were almost drowned).

⁸And when Simon Peter saw this thing, he felled down to the knees of Jesus, and said, Lord, go (away) from me, for I am a sinful man.

⁹For he was on each side astonied (or astonished), and all that were with him, in the taking of (the) fishes which they took.

¹⁰Soothly in like manner James and John, the sons of Zebedee, that were fellows of Simon Peter. And Jesus said to Simon, Do not thou dread (or Do not fear); now from this time thou shalt take men.

¹¹And when the boats were led up to the land, they left all things, and they (pur)sued him (or and they followed him).

¹²And it was done, when he was in one of the cities, lo! a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus (he) fell down on his face, and prayed him (or and beseeched him), and said, Lord, if thou wilt, thou mayest make me clean.

¹³And Jesus held forth his hand, and touched him, and said, I will, be thou made clean. And anon the leprosy passed away from him (or And at once the leprosy went away from him).

¹⁴And Jesus commanded to him, that he should say to no man; But go, show thee to a priest, and offer for thy cleansing, as Moses bade, into witnessing to them (or as a testimony to them).

¹⁵And the word walked about the more of him (or And the story about him spread far and wide); and much people came together, to hear, and to be healed of their sicknesses.

¹⁶And he went into (the) desert, and prayed.

¹⁷And it was done in one of the days, he sat, and taught; and there were Pharisees sitting, and doctors of the law, that came of each castle of Galilee, and of Judea, and of Jerusalem; and the virtue of the Lord was to heal sick men. (And it was done on one of the days, he sat, and taught; and there were Pharisees, and teachers of the Law, sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee, and from Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was there to heal the sick.)

¹⁸And lo! men bare in a bed a man that was sick in the palsy or a man that was sick in palsy, (or And behold! men brought in a bed a man who was sick with palsy), and they sought to bear him in, and set (him) before him.

¹⁹And they found not in what part they should bear him in, for the (crowd of) people, and (so) they went upon the roof, and by the slates they let him down with the bed, into the midst, before Jesus.

²⁰And when Jesus saw the faith of them, he said, Man, thy sins be forgiven to thee.

²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to think, saying, Who is this, that speaketh blasphemies? who may forgive sins, no but God alone?

²²And as Jesus knew the thoughts of them, he answered, and said to them, What think ye evil things in your hearts? (or Why do ye think evil things in your hearts?)

²³What is lighter (or is easier) to say, Sins be forgiven to thee, or to say, Rise up, and walk?

²⁴But that ye know, that man’s Son hath power in earth to forgive sins, he said to the sick man in palsy, (or But so that ye know, that man’s Son hath power on the earth to forgive sins, he said to the man sick with palsy), I say to thee, rise up, take thy bed, and go into thine house.

²⁵And anon he rose up before them (or And at once he got up in front of them), and took the bed in which he lay, and went into his house, and magnified God.

²⁶And great wonder took all, and they magnified God; and they were full-filled with great dread, or and they were filled with great dread, (or and they were filled with much fearful reverence), and said, For we have seen marvelous things today.

²⁷And after these things Jesus went out, and saw a publican, Levi by name, sitting at the tollbooth. And he said to him, (Pur)Sue thou me; (And after these things Jesus went out, and saw a tax-collector, named Levi, sitting at the tollbooth. And he said to him, Follow me;)