1 Kartą, kai minios veržėsi prie Jo klausytis Dievo žodžio, Jis stovėjo prie Genezareto ežero

2 ir pamatė dvi valtis, stovinčias prie ežero kranto. Žvejai buvo išlipę iš jų ir plovė tinklus.

3 Įlipęs į vieną valtį, kuri buvo Simono, Jis paprašė truputį atsistumti nuo kranto ir atsisėdęs mokė minias iš valties.

4 Baigęs kalbėti, Jis tarė Simonui: "Irkis į gilumą ir išmeskite tinklus valksmui".

5 Simonas Jam atsakė: "Mokytojau, visą naktį vargę, mes nieko nesugavome, bet dėl Tavo žodžio užmesiu tinklą".

6 Tai padarę, jie užgriebė didelę daugybę žuvų, kad net jų tinklas pradėjo trūkinėti.

7 Jie pamojo savo bendrininkams, buvusiems kitoje valtyje, atplaukti į pagalbą. Tie atplaukė ir pripildė žuvų abi valtis, kad jos beveik skendo.

8 Tai matydamas, Simonas Petras puolė Jėzui po kojų, sakydamas: "Pasitrauk nuo manęs, Viešpatie, nes aš­nusidėjėlis!"

9 Mat jį ir visus draugus apėmė nuostaba dėl to valksmo žuvų, kurias jie sugavo;

10 taip pat Zebediejaus sūnus Jokūbą ir Joną, kurie buvo Petro bendrai. O Jėzus tarė Simonui: "Nebijok! Nuo šiol žmones žvejosi".

11 Išvilkę į krantą valtis, jie viską paliko ir nusekė paskui Jį.

12 Jam esant viename mieste, atėjo vyras, visas raupsuotas. Pamatęs Jėzų, jis parpuolė ant žemės ir maldavo: "Viešpatie, jei nori, gali mane apvalyti!"

13 Jėzus, ištiesęs ranką, palietė raupsuotąjį ir tarė: "Noriu, būk švarus!" Ir iškart raupsai pranyko.

14 Jėzus jam liepė niekam šito nepasakoti: "Tik nueik, pasirodyk kunigui ir atiduok auką už pagijimą, kaip Mozės įsakyta, jiems paliudyti".

15 Tačiau garsas apie Jį sklido vis plačiau, ir didelės minios rinkdavosi Jo pasiklausyti bei pagyti nuo savo ligų.

16 O Jis pasitraukdavo į dykvietes melstis.

17 Vieną dieną, kai Jis mokė žmones, ten sėdėjo fariziejų bei Įstatymo mokytojų, susirinkusių iš visų Galilėjos ir Judėjos kaimų bei Jeruzalės. Ir ten buvo Viešpaties jėga, kad gydytų žmones.

18 Štai vyrai neštuvais atnešė paralyžiuotą žmogų. Jie bandė jį įnešti į vidų ir paguldyti priešais Jėzų.

19 Nerasdami pro kur įnešti dėl žmonių gausybės, jie užlipo ant stogo ir, praardę jį, nuleido ligonį kartu su neštuvais žemyn ties Jėzumi.

20 Matydamas jų tikėjimą, Jis tarė: "Žmogau, tavo nuodėmės tau atleistos!"

21 Tada Rašto žinovai ir fariziejai pradėjo svarstyti: "Kas per vienas šitas piktžodžiaujantis? Kas gali atleisti nuodėmes, jei ne vienas Dievas?"

22 Jėzus, supratęs jų mintis, prabilo: "Kodėl taip svarstote savo širdyse?

23 Kas lengviau­ar pasakyti: ‘Tavo nuodėmės tau atleistos’, ar pasakyti: ‘Kelkis ir vaikščiok’?

24 O kad žinotumėte Žmogaus Sūnų turint žemėje valdžią atleisti nuodėmes,­čia Jis tarė paralyžiuotajam,­sakau tau: kelkis, imk savo gultą ir eik namo!"

25 Tas tuojau atsikėlė jų akivaizdoje, pasiėmė neštuvus ir, šlovindamas Dievą, nuėjo namo.

26 Visi didžiai stebėjosi ir šlovino Dievą. Apimti baimės, jie kalbėjo: "Šiandien matėme stebinančių dalykų!"

27 Po to išėjęs Jis pastebėjo muitininką, vardu Levį, sėdintį muitinėje, ir jam tarė: "Sek paskui mane!"

28 Tas atsikėlė ir, viską palikęs, nusekė paskui Jį.

29 Levis savo namuose iškėlė Jam didelį pokylį. Prie stalo susirinko gausus būrys muitininkų ir kitų svečių.

30 Rašto žinovai ir fariziejai murmėjo ir prikaišiojo Jėzaus mokiniams: "Kodėl jūs valgote ir geriate su muitininkais ir nusidėjėliais?"

31 Jėzus jiems atsakė: "Ne sveikiesiems reikia gydytojo, bet ligoniams.

32 Aš atėjau šaukti ne teisiųjų, bet nusidėjėlių atgailai".

33 Tada jie sakė Jam: "Kodėl Jono mokiniai dažnai pasninkauja ir meldžiasi, taip pat ir fariziejų mokiniai, o Tavieji valgo ir geria?"

34 Jėzus jiems atsakė: "Argi galite versti pasninkauti vestuvininkus, kol su jais yra jaunikis?

35 Ateis dienos, kai jaunikis bus iš jų atimtas, ir tada, tomis dienomis, jie pasninkaus".

36 Jėzus dar pasakė jiems palyginimą: "Niekas neplėšia lopo iš naujo drabužio ir nesiuva jo ant seno. Nes ir naująjį jis suplėšytų, ir senajam netiktų lopas iš naujojo.

37 Taip pat niekas nepila jauno vyno į senus vynmaišius. Jaunas vynas suplėšytų vynmaišius, pats ištekėtų, ir vynmaišiai niekais nueitų.

38 Jauną vyną reikia pilti į naujus vynmaišius, ir tada abeji išsilaiko.

39 Ir niekas, gėręs seno vyno, nenori jauno; jis sako: ‘Senasis geresnis!’ "

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.