Luke 5:1-11

The First Disciples

1 ¹Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by ²the lake of Gennesaret;

2 and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

3 And ³He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.

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

5 Simon answered and said, "⁵Master, ⁶we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets."

6 When they had done this, ⁷they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;

7 so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink.

8 But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' feet, saying, "Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!"

9 For amazement had seized him and all his companions * because of the catch of fish which they had taken;

10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "⁸Do not fear, from now on you will be ⁹catching men."

11 When they had brought their boats to land, ¹⁰they left everything and followed Him.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11; John 1:40-42
• 2. Numbers 34:11; Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:27; Matthew 4:18
• 3. Matthew 13:2; Mark 3:9, 10; Mark 4:1
• 4. John 21:6
• 5. Luke 8:24; Luke 9:33, 49; Luke 17:13
• 6. John 21:3
• 7. John 21:6
• 8. Matthew 14:27
• 9. 2 Timothy 2:26
• 10. Matthew 4:20, 22; Matthew 19:29; Mark 1:18, 20; Luke 5:28

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "crowds"
• [b] Lit "upon Your word"
• [c] Lit "knees"
• [d] Or "Jacob"