Luke 5
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Luke 5:1-9

11Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by 2the lake of Gennesaret;

2and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

3And 3He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the 4people from the boat.

4When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and 5let down your nets for a catch.”

5Simon answered and said, “6Master, 7we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but 8I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

6When they had done this, 9they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;

7so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink.

8But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ 10feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

9For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken;

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 5:1 Matt 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11; John 1:40-42 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 5:1 Num 34:11; Deut 3:17; Josh 12:3; 13:27; Matt 4:18 ↩
  3. 3. Luke 5:3 Matt 13:2; Mark 3:9, 10; 4:1 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 5:3 Lit crowds ↩
  5. 5. Luke 5:4 John 21:6 ↩
  6. 6. Luke 5:5 Luke 8:24; 9:33, 49; 17:13 ↩
  7. 7. Luke 5:5 John 21:3 ↩
  8. 8. Luke 5:5 Lit upon Your word ↩
  9. 9. Luke 5:6 John 21:6 ↩
  10. 10. Luke 5:8 Lit knees ↩

Commentaries on Luke 5

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