1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;
2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.
4 And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.
5 And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.
6 And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;
7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.
8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;
10 And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.
11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.
12 And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
13 And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.
14 And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.
15 But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.
16 But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.
17 And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.
18 And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.
19 And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.
20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.
21 And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?
22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
23 Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?
24 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.
25 And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.
26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
27 And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.
28 And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.
29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.
30 And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?
31 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
32 I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.
33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.
34 And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?
35 But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
36 And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.
37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.
38 But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.
39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
1 Men det skjedde da folket trengte sig inn på ham og hørte Guds ord, og han stod ved Gennesaret-sjøen,
2 da så han to båter ligge ved sjøen; men fiskerne var gått ut av dem og skyllet garnene.
3 Han gikk da ut i en av båtene, som tilhørte Simon, og bad ham legge litt ut fra land; og han satte sig i båten og lærte folket.
4 Men da han holdt op å tale, sa han til Simon: Legg ut på dypet, og kast eders garn ut til en drett!
5 Og Simon svarte ham: Mester! vi har strevet hele natten og ikke fått noget; men på ditt ord vil jeg kaste ut garnene.
6 Og de gjorde så, og fanget en stor mengde fisk; og deres garn revnet.
7 Og de vinket til sine lagsbrødre i den andre båt, at de skulde komme og ta i med dem; og de kom, og de fylte begge båtene, så de holdt på å synke.
8 Men da Simon Peter så det, falt han ned for Jesu knær og sa: Herre, gå fra mig! for jeg er en syndig mann.
9 For redsel kom over ham og alle dem som var med ham, for den fiskedrett som de hadde fått;
10 likeså Jakob og Johannes, Sebedeus' sønner, som var i lag med Simon. Og Jesus sa til Simon: Frykt ikke! fra nu av skal du fange mennesker.
11 Da rodde de båtene i land og forlot alt og fulgte ham.
12 Og det skjedde da han var i en av byene, se, da var det en mann som var full av spedalskhet; og da han så Jesus, falt han ned på sitt ansikt, bad ham og sa: Herre! om du vil, kan du rense mig.
13 Og Jesus rakte hånden ut, rørte ved ham og sa: Jeg vil; bli ren! Og straks forlot spedalskheten ham.
14 Og han bød ham at han ikke skulde si det til nogen; men gå og te dig for presten og ofre for din renselse, således som Moses har påbudt, til et vidnesbyrd for dem!
15 Men ordet om ham kom ennu mere ut, og meget folk kom sammen for å høre og for å bli helbredet for sine sykdommer;
16 men han drog sig tilbake til øde steder og var der i bønn.
17 Og det skjedde en av dagene mens han lærte, og der satt fariseere og lovlærere som var kommet fra hver by i Galilea og Judea og fra Jerusalem, og Herrens kraft var hos ham til å helbrede:
18 se, da kom nogen menn som bar en mann på en seng, han var verkbrudden; og de søkte å få ham inn og legge ham ned foran ham.
19 Og da de for folketrengselen ikke fant nogen vei til å få ham inn, steg de op på taket og firte ham med sengen ned mellem takstenene midt foran Jesus.
20 Og da han så deres tro, sa han: Menneske! dine synder er dig forlatt.
21 Da begynte de skriftlærde og fariseerne å tenke så: Hvem er denne mann, som taler bespottelser? Hvem kan forlate synder uten Gud alene?
22 Men da Jesus merket deres tanker, svarte han og sa til dem: Hvad er det I tenker i eders hjerter?
23 Hvad er lettest, enten å si: Dine synder er dig forlatt, eller å si: Stå op og gå?
24 Men forat I skal vite at Menneskesønnen har makt på jorden til å forlate synder - så sa han til den verkbrudne: Jeg sier dig: Stå op og ta din seng og gå hjem til ditt hus!
25 Og straks stod han op for deres øine og tok det han lå på, og gikk hjem til sitt hus og priste Gud.
26 Da kom det forferdelse over dem alle, og de priste Gud, og de blev fulle av frykt og sa: Idag har vi sett utrolige ting!
27 Derefter gikk han ut, og han så en tolder ved navn Levi sitte på tollboden; og han sa til ham: Følg mig!
28 Og han forlot alt og stod op og fulgte ham.
29 Og Levi gjorde et stort gjestebud for ham i sitt hus, og der var en stor mengde toldere og andre som satt til bords med dem.
30 Og fariseerne og deres skriftlærde knurret mot hans disipler og sa: Hvorfor eter og drikker I med toldere og syndere?
31 Og Jesus svarte og sa til dem: De friske trenger ikke til læge, men de som har ondt;
32 jeg er ikke kommet for å kalle rettferdige, men syndere til omvendelse.
33 De sa til ham: Johannes' disipler holder jevnlig faste og bønn, og fariseernes disipler likeså; men dine eter og drikker.
34 Men Jesus sa til dem: Kan I vel få brudesvennene til å faste så lenge brudgommen er hos dem?
35 Men de dager skal komme da brudgommen blir tatt fra dem; da skal de faste, i de dager.
36 Han sa også en lignelse til dem: Ingen river en lapp av et nytt klædebon og setter den på et gammelt; ellers river han det nye i sønder, og lappen av det nye passer ikke til det gamle.
37 Og ingen fyller ny vin i gamle skinnsekker; ellers vil den nye vin sprenge sekkene, og den selv spilles og sekkene ødelegges;
38 men ny vin skal fylles i nye skinnsekker.
39 Og ingen som har drukket gammel vin, har lyst på ny; han sier: den gamle er god.