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Luke 5:11Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:16-20Matt 4:18-22Mark 3:9Matt 14:34Mark 6:53Deut 3:17Josh 12:3Mark 5:24Matt 11:12Luke 12:1
Luke 5:22He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:19Matt 4:21
Luke 5:33He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:18Matt 13:1-2John 1:41-42John 8:2Mark 4:1-2
Luke 5:44When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 21:6Matt 17:27
Luke 5:55Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 2:5John 15:14Luke 6:46-482 Kgs 5:10-14Ezek 37:4-7Ps 127:1-2John 21:3Ezek 37:11-12Luke 8:24Luke 17:13
Luke 5:66When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:58John 21:6-112 Kgs 4:3-7Eccl 11:6Gal 6:9
Luke 5:77So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were about to sink.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 6:2Phil 4:3Acts 11:25Exod 23:5Prov 18:24Rom 16:2-4
Luke 5:88But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 6:5Job 42:5-6Rev 1:17Job 40:4Judg 13:22Exod 20:19Matt 2:11Matt 8:81 Sam 6:20Matt 17:6
Luke 5:99For Peter and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:32Mark 9:6Ps 8:8Luke 4:36Ps 8:6
Luke 5:1010and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s business partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:47Matt 4:19Ezek 47:9-10Mark 1:17Luke 5:72 Cor 8:23Acts 2:4Luke 6:14Matt 20:20Matt 4:21
Luke 5:1111So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:20Luke 18:28-30Luke 5:28Matt 19:27Mark 1:18-25Mark 10:21Matt 10:37Phil 3:7-8Mark 10:29-30
Luke 5:1212While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 50:15Luke 17:16Matt 8:2-4Luke 17:12-13Mark 1:40-45Matt 9:28Gen 18:14Heb 7:25Matt 8:8-9Ps 91:15
Luke 5:1313So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:29-30John 4:50-532 Kgs 5:14Ezek 36:29Hos 14:42 Kgs 5:10Ezek 36:25-27Gen 1:9Luke 4:39Luke 8:54-55
Luke 5:1414Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him, “Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 14:2-32Luke 17:14Lev 13:2Mark 1:44Matt 12:16Matt 8:4Matt 9:30Luke 9:5Mark 6:11
Luke 5:1515But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 12:1Matt 15:30-31Mark 1:45-2:2Matt 4:23-25Matt 9:26Mark 1:28Luke 14:25Mark 3:7Prov 15:33
Luke 5:1616Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:12Mark 1:35-36Matt 14:23Mark 6:46John 6:15
Luke 5:1717Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:19Luke 8:46Acts 19:11Matt 11:5Acts 4:30Mark 5:30Mark 7:1Matt 15:1John 3:21Luke 2:46
Luke 5:1818Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 2:3-12Matt 9:2-8Acts 9:33John 5:5-6
Luke 5:1919But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 2:4Matt 10:272 Sam 11:2Deut 22:8Matt 24:17
Luke 5:2020When Jesus saw their faith he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 14:9Matt 9:2Col 3:13Jas 2:18John 2:25Luke 7:48Mark 2:52 Cor 2:10Gen 22:12Acts 11:23
Luke 5:2121Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, “Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:25Luke 7:49Mark 2:6-7Acts 6:11-13John 10:33Matt 26:65Ps 32:51 Kgs 21:10-14Dan 9:19Dan 9:9
Luke 5:2222When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you raising objections within yourselves?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:38Matt 9:4Acts 5:3Isa 66:18Mark 8:17Matt 12:25Ps 139:2Rev 2:231 Chr 28:9Ezek 38:10
Luke 5:2323Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 2:9Matt 9:5
Luke 5:2424But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralyzed man —“I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:11Acts 14:10Acts 9:40Luke 8:54Rev 1:13Acts 3:6-8Acts 5:31Acts 9:34Dan 7:13John 11:43
Luke 5:2525Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 9:24Luke 13:13Luke 17:15-18Luke 18:43Luke 5:13Ps 103:1-3Ps 107:20-22Ps 33:9Ps 50:23Gen 1:3
Luke 5:2626Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen incredible things today.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:8Matt 12:23Acts 4:21Jer 33:9Luke 7:16Mark 2:12Acts 5:11-13Hos 3:5Luke 5:8Luke 8:37
Luke 5:2727After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 2:13-22Matt 9:9-17John 1:43Mark 3:18Matt 10:3Luke 18:22Matt 4:19-21John 12:26Matt 16:24Matt 8:22
Luke 5:2828And he got up and followed him, leaving everything behind.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 5:111 Kgs 19:19-21Luke 9:59-62Matt 19:22-27
Luke 5:2929Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 15:1Mark 2:151 Cor 10:271 Cor 5:9-11John 12:2Matt 9:10
Luke 5:3030But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 23:9Luke 15:1-2Luke 19:7Luke 5:17Luke 5:21Luke 7:29-30Mark 7:3Matt 21:28-32Isa 65:5Luke 18:11
Luke 5:3131Jesus answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 2:17Matt 9:12-13Jer 8:22
Luke 5:3232I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 19:10Luke 15:101 Tim 1:15-16Luke 15:7Acts 3:19Luke 24:47Acts 17:302 Pet 3:9Isa 55:6-7Luke 4:18-19
Luke 5:3333Then they said to him, “John’s disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:14-17Mark 2:18-22John 3:25Luke 18:12Luke 20:47Acts 9:11Isa 1:15Isa 58:3-6John 1:35Luke 11:1
Luke 5:3434So Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 3:292 Cor 11:2Eph 5:25-27Isa 54:5Isa 62:5Matt 25:1-10Ps 45:10-16Rev 19:7-9Song 2:6-7Song 3:10-11
Luke 5:3535But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 14:23Acts 3:21John 16:4-7Luke 17:221 Cor 7:52 Cor 11:27Acts 1:9Acts 13:2-3Dan 9:26Isa 22:12
Luke 5:3636He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:16-17Mark 2:21-222 Cor 6:16Deut 22:11Lev 19:19
Luke 5:3737And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:83Josh 9:13Josh 9:4
Luke 5:3838Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 8:8-132 Cor 5:17Ezek 36:26Gal 4:9-11Gal 5:1-6Rev 21:51 Tim 4:8Heb 13:9-10Col 2:19-23Gal 2:12-14
Luke 5:3939No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:39Jer 6:16Mark 7:7-13Rom 4:11-12Heb 11:1-2
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