Luke 5:1-6

The First Disciples

1 As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God's word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.^[a]

2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake;^[b] the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

3 He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then He sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

4 When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into deep water and let down ^[c] your nets for a catch."

5 "Master," Simon replied, "we've worked hard all night long and caught nothing! But at Your word, I'll let down the nets."^[d]

6 When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets^[e] began to tear.