Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And it came to pass that, as the people pressed upon Him to hear the Word of God, He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret
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One day Jesus was standing by the Sea of Galilee. The people crowded around him as they listened to God's word.
2 and saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets.
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Jesus saw two boats on the shore. The fishermen had stepped out of them and were washing their nets.
3 And He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people from the boat.
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So Jesus got into the boat that belonged to Simon and asked him to push off a little from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowd from the boat.
4 Now when He was through speaking, He said unto Simon, "Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draft."
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When he finished speaking, he told Simon, "Take the boat into deep water, and lower your nets to catch some fish."
5 And Simon answering said unto Him, "Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing. Nevertheless, at Thy word I will let down the net."
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Simon answered, "Teacher, we worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll lower the nets."
6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net began to break.
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After the men had done this, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.
7 And they beckoned unto their partners, who were in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
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So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. Their partners came and filled both boats until the boats nearly sank.
8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord."
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When Simon Peter saw this, he knelt in front of Jesus and said, "Leave me, Lord! I'm a sinful person!"
9 For he was astonished, and all those who were with him, at the draft of the fishes which they had taken;
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Simon and everyone who was with him was amazed to see the large number of fish they had caught.
10 and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, "Fear not. From henceforth thou shalt catch men."
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James and John, who were Zebedee's sons and Simon's partners, were also amazed. Jesus told Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will catch people instead of fish."
11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.
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Simon and his partners brought the boats to shore, left everything, and followed Jesus.
12 And it came to pass when He was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy, seeing Jesus, fell on his face and besought Him, saying, "Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean."
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One day Jesus was in a city where there was a man covered with a serious skin disease. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground. He begged Jesus, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."
13 And He put forth His hand and touched him, saying, "I will; be thou clean." And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
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Jesus reached out, touched him, and said, "I want to. So be clean!" Immediately, his skin disease went away.
14 And He charged him to tell no man, but, "Go and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded, as a testimony unto them."
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Jesus ordered him, "Don't tell anyone. Instead, show yourself to the priest. Then offer the sacrifice as Moses commanded as proof to people that you are clean."
15 But so much the more His fame spread abroad, and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.
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The news about Jesus spread even more. Large crowds gathered to hear him and have their diseases cured.
16 And He withdrew Himself into the wilderness and prayed.
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But he would go away to places where he could be alone for prayer.
17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
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One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and experts in Moses' Teachings were present. They had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. Jesus had the power of the Lord to heal.
18 And behold, men brought in on a bed a man who was taken with a palsy, and they sought means to bring him in and to lay him before Him.
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Some men brought a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They tried to take him into the house and put him in front of Jesus.
19 And when they could not find a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down on his couch through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.
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But they could not find a way to get him into the house because of the crowd. So they went up on the roof. They made an opening in the tiles and let the man down on his stretcher among the people. (They lowered him in front of Jesus.)
20 And when He saw their faith, He said unto him, "Man, thy sins are forgiven thee."
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When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Sir, your sins are forgiven."
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
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The scribes and the Pharisees thought, "Who is this man? He's dishonoring God! Who besides God can forgive sins?"
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answering said unto them, "What reason ye in your hearts:
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Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them, "What are you thinking?
23 whether it is easier to say, `Thy sins be forgiven thee,' or to say, `Rise up and walk'?
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Is it easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon earth to forgive sins," He said unto the one sick with the palsy, "I say unto thee, arise and take up thy couch and go into thine house."
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I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." Then he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home."
25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
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The man immediately stood up in front of them and picked up the stretcher he had been lying on. Praising God, he went home.
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."
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Everyone was amazed and praised God. They were filled with awe and said, "We've seen things today we can hardly believe!"
27 And after these things He went forth and saw a publican named Levi, sitting in the customhouse, and He said unto him, "Follow Me."
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After that, Jesus left. He saw a tax collector named Levi sitting in a tax office. Jesus said to him, "Follow me!"
28 And he left all, rose up, and followed Him.
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So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.
29 And Levi made Him a great feast in his own house, and there was a great company of publicans and of others who sat down with them.
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Levi held a large reception at his home for Jesus. A huge crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against His disciples, saying, "Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?"
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The Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus' disciples. They asked, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, "They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
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Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor; those who are sick do.
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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I've come to call sinners to change the way they think and act, not to call people who think they have God's approval."
33 And they said unto Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?"
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They said to him, "John's disciples frequently fast and say prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. But your disciples eat and drink."
34 And He said unto them, "Can ye make the attendants of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?
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Jesus asked them, "Can you force wedding guests to fast while the groom is still with them?
35 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days."
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The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. At that time they will fast."
36 And He spoke also a parable unto them: "No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; otherwise, both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
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He also used these illustrations: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new coat to patch an old coat. Otherwise, the new cloth will tear the old. Besides, the patch from the new will not match the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins; else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins shall perish.
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People don't pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the new wine will make the skins burst. The wine will run out, and the skins will be ruined.
38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
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Rather, new wine is to be poured into fresh skins.
39 No man also, having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, `The old is better.'"
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"No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine. He says, 'The old wine is better!'"
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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