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 Comme Jésus était sur le bord du lac de Génézareth, la foule se jetait sur lui pour entendre la Parole de Dieu.
2 Et ayant vu, au bord du lac, deux barques, dont les pêcheurs étaient descendus et lavaient leurs filets, il monta dans l'une de ces barques, qui était à Simon,
3 Et il le pria de s'éloigner un peu du rivage; et s'étant assis, il enseignait le peuple de dessus la barque.
4 Et quand il eut cessé de parler, il dit à Simon: Avance en pleine eau, et jetez vos filets pour pêcher.
5 Simon lui répondit: Maître, nous avons travaillé toute la nuit sans rien prendre; toutefois, sur ta parole, je jetterai le filet.
6 Et l'ayant fait, ils prirent une grande quantité de poissons;
7 Et comme leur filet se rompait, ils firent signe à leurs compagnons, qui étaient dans l'autre barque, de venir les aider; ils y vinrent, et ils remplirent les deux barques, tellement qu'elles s'enfonçaient.
8 Simon Pierre, ayant vu cela, se jeta aux pieds de Jésus et lui dit: Seigneur, retire-toi de moi; car je suis un homme pécheur.
9 Car la frayeur l'avait saisi, et tous ceux qui étaient avec lui, à cause de la pêche des poissons qu'ils avaient faite; de même que Jacques et Jean, fils de Zébédée, qui étaient compagnons de Simon.
10 Et Jésus dit à Simon: N'aie point de peur; désormais tu seras pêcheur d'hommes vivants.
11 Et ayant ramené leurs barques à bord, ils abandonnèrent tout et le suivirent.
12 Comme il était dans une des villes de la Galilée, un homme tout couvert de lèpre, ayant vu Jésus, se jeta la face contre terre, et le pria, disant: Seigneur, si tu le veux, tu peux me rendre net.
13 Et Jésus étendit la main, le toucha et lui dit: Je le veux, sois net. Et au même instant la lèpre le quitta.
14 Et Jésus lui défendit de le dire à personne; mais va, lui dit-il, montre-toi au sacrificateur, et offre pour ta purification ce que Moïse a commandé, afin que cela leur serve de témoignage.
15 Et sa réputation se répandait de plus en plus, et une foule de gens s'assemblaient pour l'entendre et pour être guéris par lui de leurs maladies.
16 Mais il se tenait retiré dans les déserts, et il priait.
17 Or, un jour qu'il enseignait, et que des pharisiens et des docteurs de la loi, qui étaient venus de tous les villages de la Galilée et de la Judée, et de Jérusalem, étaient là assis, la puissance du Seigneur agissait pour guérir les malades.
18 Alors il survint des gens qui portaient sur un lit un homme perclus, et ils cherchaient à le faire entrer dans la maison et à le mettre devant Jésus.
19 Et ne sachant par où le faire entrer à cause de la foule, ils montèrent sur la maison, et le descendirent par les tuiles avec sa civière, au milieu de la foule,
20 Devant Jésus, qui, ayant vu leur foi, lui dit: Ö homme, tes péchés te sont pardonnés.
21 Alors les scribes et les pharisiens commencèrent à raisonner et à dire: Qui est celui-ci, qui prononce des blasphèmes? Qui peut pardonner les péchés, que Dieu seul?
22 Mais Jésus, connaissant leurs pensées, prit la parole et leur dit: Quel raisonnement faites-vous dans vos cœurs?
23 Lequel est le plus aisé, de dire: Tes péchés te sont pardonnés; ou de dire: Lève-toi, et marche?
24 Or, afin que vous sachiez que le Fils de l'homme a sur la terre le pouvoir de pardonner les péchés: Lève-toi, dit-il au paralytique, je te le dis, emporte ta civière, et rentre chez-toi.
25 Et à l'instant il se leva en leur présence; il emporta la civière sur lequel il avait été couché, et s'en alla dans sa maison, donnant gloire à Dieu.
26 Et ils furent tous saisis d'étonnement, et ils glorifiaient Dieu; ils furent remplis de crainte, et ils disaient: Nous avons vu aujourd'hui des choses étranges.
27 Après cela il sortit, et il vit un péager nommé Lévi, assis au bureau des impôts;
28 Et il lui dit: Suis-moi. Et lui, quittant tout, se leva et le suivit.
29 Et Lévi lui fit un grand festin dans sa maison, et un grand nombre de péagers et d'autres gens étaient à table avec eux.
30 Et ceux d'entre eux qui étaient scribes et pharisiens murmuraient et disaient à ses disciples: Pourquoi mangez-vous et buvez-vous avec des péagers et des gens de mauvaise vie?
31 Et Jésus, prenant la parole, leur dit: Ce ne sont pas ceux qui sont en santé qui ont besoin de médecin;
32 Mais ceux qui se portent mal. JE SUIS venu appeler à la repentance, non les justes, mais les pécheurs.
33 Ils lui dirent aussi: Pourquoi les disciples de Jean jeûnent-ils souvent et font-ils des prières, de même que ceux des pharisiens; au lieu que les tiens mangent et boivent?
34 Il leur dit: Pouvez-vous faire jeûner les amis de l'Époux, pendant que l'Époux est avec eux?
35 Mais des jours viendront où l'Époux leur sera ôté; alors ils jeûneront en ces jours.
36 Il leur dit aussi une parabole: Personne ne met une pièce d'un habit neuf à un vieil habit; autrement, le neuf déchire le vieux, et la pièce prise du neuf ne s'accorde pas avec le vieux.
37 Personne non plus ne met le vin nouveau dans de vieilles outres; autrement le vin nouveau romprait les outres, et se répandrait, et les outres seraient perdus.
38 Mais le vin nouveau se met dans des outres neuves, et les deux se conservent ensemble.
39 Et il n'y a personne qui, buvant du vieux vin, en veuille aussitôt du nouveau; car, dit-il, le vieux est meilleur.