Luke 5:1-9

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,^[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.

2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.

3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”

5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

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

8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”

9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

Cross References

• 1. S Mark 4:14; S Hebrews 4:12
• 2. Matthew 13:2
• 3. John 21:6
• 4. Luke 8:24,45; Luke 9:33,49; Luke 17:13
• 5. John 21:3
• 6. John 21:11
• 7. Genesis 18:27; Job 42:6; Isaiah 6:5

Footnotes

• [a] That is, the Sea of Galilee