1And it came to pass that, as the people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2And saw two boats {ships} standing by the lake, but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3And He entered into one of the boats {ships}, which was Simon's, and asked {prayed} him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down, and taught the people out of the boat {ship}. 4Now when He had ceased {left} speaking, He said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5And Simon, answering, said unto Him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; nevertheless, at Thy word I will let down the net. 6And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net broke {brake}. 7And they beckoned unto their partners, who were in the other boat {ship}, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the boats {ships}, so that they began to sink. 8When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fish which they had taken. 10And so were {was} also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 11And when they had brought their boats {ships} to land, they forsook all, and followed Him.

12And it came to pass, when He was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, fell on his face, and besought Him, saying, Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. 13And He put forth His hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14And He charged him, Tell no man; but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15But so much the more went there a fame abroad of Him; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. 16And He withdrew Himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

17And it came to pass on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers {doctors} of the law sitting by, who were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal them. 18And, behold, men brought in a bed a man who was taken with a palsy; and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before Him. 19And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. 20And when He saw their faith, He said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. 21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this Who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 22But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He, answering, said unto them, Why {What} reason ye in your hearts? 23Which {Whether} is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 24But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins (He said unto the sick of the palsy), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. 25And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that on which {whereon} he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. 26And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

27And after these things He went forth, and saw a tax collector {publican}, named Levi, sitting at the tax office {receipt of custom}; and He said unto him, Follow Me. 28And he left all, rose up, and followed Him. 29And Levi made Him a great feast in his own house; and there was a great company of tax collectors {publicans} and of others that sat down with them. 30But the scribes and Pharisees murmured against His disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax collectors {publicans} and sinners? 31And Jesus, answering, said unto them, They that are well {whole} need not a physician; but they that are sick. 32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

33And they said unto Him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but Thine eat and drink? 34And He said unto them, Can ye make the sons {children} of the bride-chamber fast, while the Bridegroom is with them? 35But the days will come, when the Bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 36And He spoke {spake} also a parable unto them: No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if so {otherwise}, then both the new maketh a tear {rent}, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. 37And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins {bottles}; else the new wine will burst the wineskins {bottles}, and be spilled, and the wineskins {bottles} shall perish. 38But new wine must be put into new wineskins {bottles}; and both are preserved. 39No man also, having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, The old is better.