1 Estando Jesus um dia à margem do lago de Genesaré, o povo se comprimia em redor dele para ouvir a palavra de Deus.
2 Vendo duas barcas estacionadas à beira do lago, - pois os pescadores haviam descido delas para consertar as redes -,
3 subiu a uma das barcas que era de Simão e pediu-lhe que a afastasse um pouco da terra; e sentado, ensinava da barca o povo.
4 Quando acabou de falar, disse a Simão: Faze-te ao largo, e lançai as vossas redes para pescar.
5 Simão respondeu-lhe: Mestre, trabalhamos a noite inteira e nada apanhamos; mas por causa de tua palavra, lançarei a rede.
6 Feito isto, apanharam peixes em tanta quantidade, que a rede se lhes rompia.
7 Acenaram aos companheiros, que estavam na outra barca, para que viessem ajudar. Eles vieram e encheram ambas as barcas, de modo que quase iam ao fundo.
8 Vendo isso, Simão Pedro caiu aos pés de Jesus e exclamou: Retira-te de mim, Senhor, porque sou um homem pecador.
9 É que tanto ele como seus companheiros estavam assombrados por causa da pesca que haviam feito.
10 O mesmo acontecera a Tiago e João, filhos de Zebedeu, que eram seus companheiros. Então Jesus disse a Simão: Não temas; doravante serás pescador de homens.
11 E atracando as barcas à terra, deixaram tudo e o seguiram.
12 Estando ele numa cidade, apareceu um homem cheio de lepra. Vendo Jesus, lançou-se com o rosto por terra e lhe suplicou: Senhor, se queres, podes limpar-me.
13 Jesus estendeu a mão, tocou-o e disse: Eu quero; sê purificado! No mesmo instante desapareceu dele a lepra.
14 Ordenou-lhe Jesus que o não contasse a ninguém, dizendo-lhe, porém: Vai e mostra-te ao sacerdote, e oferece pela tua purificação o que Moisés prescreveu, para lhes servir de testemunho.
15 Entretanto, espalhava-se mais e mais a sua fama e concorriam grandes multidões para o ouvir e ser curadas das suas enfermidades.
16 Mas ele costumava retirar-se a lugares solitários para orar.
17 Um dia estava ele ensinando. Ao seu derredor estavam sentados fariseus e doutores da lei, vindos de todas as localidades da Galiléia, da Judéia e de Jerusalém. E o poder do Senhor fazia-o realizar várias curas.
18 Apareceram algumas pessoas trazendo num leito um homem paralítico; e procuravam introduzi-lo na casa e pô-lo diante dele.
19 Mas não achando por onde o introduzir, por causa da multidão, subiram ao telhado e por entre as telhas o arriaram com o leito ao meio da assembléia, diante de Jesus.
20 Vendo a fé que tinham, disse Jesus: Meu amigo, os teus pecados te são perdoados.
21 Então os escribas e os fariseus começaram a pensar e a dizer consigo mesmos: Quem é este homem que profere blasfêmias? Quem pode perdoar pecados senão unicamente Deus?
22 Jesus, porém, penetrando nos seus pensamentos, replicou-lhes: Que pensais nos vossos corações?
23 Que é mais fácil dizer: Perdoados te são os pecados; ou dizer: Levanta-te e anda?
24 Ora, para que saibais que o Filho do Homem tem na terra poder de perdoar pecados {disse ele ao paralítico}, eu te ordeno: levanta-te, toma o teu leito e vai para tua casa.
25 No mesmo instante, levantou-se ele à vista deles, tomou o leito e partiu para casa, glorificando a Deus.
26 Todos ficaram transportados de entusiasmo e glorificavam a Deus; e tomados de temor, diziam: Hoje vimos coisas maravilhosas.
27 Depois disso, ele saiu e viu sentado ao balcão um coletor de impostos, por nome Levi, e disse-lhe: Segue-me.
28 Deixando ele tudo, levantou-se e o seguiu.
29 Levi deu-lhe um grande banquete em sua casa; vários desses fiscais e outras pessoas estavam sentados à mesa com eles.
30 Os fariseus e os seus escribas puseram-se a criticar e a perguntar aos discípulos: Por que comeis e bebeis com os publicanos e pessoas de má vida?
31 Respondeu-lhes Jesus: Não são os homens de boa saúde que necessitam de médico, mas sim os enfermos.
32 Não vim chamar à conversão os justos, mas sim os pecadores.
33 Eles então lhe disseram: Os discípulos de João e os discípulos dos fariseus jejuam com freqüência e fazem longas orações, mas os teus comem e bebem...
34 Jesus respondeu-lhes: Porventura podeis vós obrigar a jejuar os amigos do esposo, enquanto o esposo está com eles?
35 Virão dias em que o esposo lhes será tirado; então jejuarão.
36 Propôs-lhes também esta comparação: Ninguém rasga um pedaço de roupa nova para remendar uma roupa velha, porque assim estragaria uma roupa nova. Além disso, o remendo novo não assentaria bem na roupa velha.
37 Também ninguém põe vinho novo em odres velhos; do contrário, o vinho novo arrebentará os odres e entornar-se-á, e perder-se-ão os odres;
38 mas o vinho novo deve-se pôr em odres novos, e assim ambos se conservam.
39 Demais, ninguém que bebeu do vinho velho quer já do novo, porque diz: O vinho velho é melhor.
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.