11Now it happened that while the crowd was pressingaround Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by 2the lake of Gennesaret;
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and He sawtwoboatslying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.
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And 3He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a littleway from the land. And He satdown and began teaching the people from the boat.
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When He had finishedspeaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deepwater and 4letdown your nets for a catch."
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Simonanswered and said, "5Master, 6we workedhardallnight and caughtnothing, but I will do as You say and letdown the nets."
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When they had donethis, 7they enclosed a greatquantity of fish, and their nets began to break;
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so they signaled to their partners in the otherboat for them to come and help them. And they came and filledboth of the boats, so that they began to sink.