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Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

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

Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”

When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”

When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

While he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.

He commanded him to tell no one, “But go your way and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

But he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.

On one of those days, he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle before Jesus.

Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, arise, take up your cot, and go to your house.”

Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.

Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”

After these things he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”

He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”

He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”

He also told a parable to them. “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.

No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled and the skins will be destroyed.

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

وٱزْدَحَمَ الجَمعُ علَيهِ لِسَماعِ كَلِمَةِ الله، وهُوَ قائمٌ على شاطِئِ بُحَيْرَةِ جَنَّاسَرِت

فَرَأَى سَفينَتَينِ راسِيَتَينِ عِندَ الشَّاطِئ، وقد نَزَلَ مِنهُما الصَّيَّادونَ يَغسِلونَ الشِّباك

فرَكِبَ إِحْدى السَّفينَتَين وكانَت لِسِمعان، فسأَلَه أَن يُبعِدَ قَليلًا عنِ البَرّ. ثُمَّ جَلَسَ يُعَلِّمُ الجُموعَ مِنَ السَّفينَة

ولمَّا فَرَغَ مِن كَلامِه، قالَ لِسِمعان: «سِرْ في العُرْض، وأَرسِلوا شِباكَكُم لِلصَّيد»

فأَجابَ سِمعان: «يا مُعَلِّم، تَعِبْنا طَوالَ اللَّيلِ ولَم نُصِبْ شَيئًا، ولكِنِّي بِناءً على قَولِكَ أُرسِلُ الشِّباكَ»

وفعَلوا فأصابوا مِنَ السَّمَكِ شَيئًا كثيرًا جدًّا، وكادَت شِباكُهُم تَتَمَزَّق

فأَشاروا إِلى شُرَكائِهم في السَّفينَةِ الأُخرى أَن يَأتوا ويُعاوِنوهم. فأَتَوا، ومَلأُوا كِلْتا السَّفينَتَينِ حتَّى كادَتا تَغرَقان

فلَمَّا رأَى سِمعانُ بُطرُسُ ذٰلك، اِرتَمى عِندَ رُكبَتَي يَسوعَ وقال: «يا ربّ، تَباعَدْ عَنِّي، إِنِّي رَجُلٌ خاطِئ»

وكانَ الرُّعْبُ قدِ ٱستَولى علَيهِ وعلى أَصحابِهِ كُلِّهم، لِكَثرَةِ السَّمَكِ الَّذي صادوه

ومِثلُهُم يَعقوبُ ويوحنَّا ٱبنا زَبَدى، وكانا شَريكَي سِمْعان. فقالَ يسوعُ لِسِمْعان: «لا تَخَفْ! سَتَكونُ بَعدَ اليَومِ لِلبَشَرِ صَيَّادًا»

فَرجَعوا بِالسَّفينَتَينِ إِلى البَرّ، وتَرَكوا كُلَّ شَيءٍ وتَبِعوه

وبَينَما هوَ في بَعضِ تِلْكَ المُدُن، إِذا بِرَجُلٍ قَد غَطَّى البَرَصُ جِسْمَه، فلمَّا رأَى يسوعَ سَقَطَ عَلى وَجهِه وسأَلَه: «يا رَبّ، إِن شِئتَ فَأَنتَ قادِرٌ على أَن تُبرِئَني»

فمَدَّ يَدَه فلَمَسَه وقال: «قد شِئتُ، فَٱبرَأْ». فزالَ عَنه البَرَصُ لِوَقتِه

فأَوصاهُ أَلَّا يُخبِرَ أَحَدًا بِالأَمْر، بلِ: «ٱذهَبْ إِلى الكاهِن فَأَرِهِ نَفْسَكَ، ثُمَّ قَرِّبْ عن بُرئِكَ ما أَمَرَ بِه موسى، شَهادَةً لَدَيْهِم»

وكانَ خَبَرُه يَتَّسِعُ ٱنتِشارًا، فتَتوافَدُ علَيهِ جُموعٌ كَثيرةٌ لِتَسمَعَه وتَشْفى مِن أَمراضِها

ولٰكِنَّه كانَ يَعتَزِلُ في البَراري فيُصَلِّي

وكانَ ذاتَ يَومٍ يُعَلِّم، وبَينَ الحاضِرينَ بَعضُ الفِرِّيسيِّينَ ومُعَلِّمي الشَّريعَة أَتَوا مِن جَميعِ قُرى الجَليلِ واليَهودِيَّةِ ومِن أُورَشَليم. وكانَت قُدرَةُ الرَّبِّ تَشْفي المَرْضى عن يَدِه

وإِذا أُناسٌ يَحمِلونَ على سَريرٍ رَجُلًا كانَ مُقعَدًا، ويُحاوِلونَ الدُّخولَ بِه لِيَضَعوهُ أَمامَه

فلَم يَجِدوا سَبيلًا إِلى الدُّخولِ لِكَثرَةِ الزِّحام، فصَعِدوا بِه إِلى السَّطْحِ ودلَّوْهُ بِسَريرِه مِن بَينِ القِرْميد، إِلى وَسْطِ المَجلِسِ أَمامَ يَسوع

فلَمَّا رأَى إِيمانَهم قال: «يا رَجُل، غُفِرَت لَكَ خَطاياك»

فأَخَذَ الكَتَبَةُ والفِرِّيسيُّونَ يُفَكِّرونَ فيَقولونَ في أَنْفُسِهم: «مَن هٰذا الَّذي يَتَكلَّمُ بِالتَّجْديف؟ مَن يَقْدِرُ أَن يَغفِرَ الخَطايا إِلَّا اللهُ وَحدَه؟»

فعَلِمَ يسوعُ أَفكارَهم فأَجابَهم: «لِماذا تُفَكِّرونَ هٰذا التَّفكيرَ في قُلوبِكم؟

فأَيُّما أَيْسَر؟ أَن يُقال: غُفِرَت لَكَ خَطاياك، أَم أَن يُقال: قُم فَٱمشِ

فلِكَي تَعلَموا أَنَّ ٱبنَ الإِنسانِ لَه في الأَرضِ سُلطانٌ يَغفِرُ بِه الخَطايا»، ثُمَّ قالَ لِلمُقعَد: «أَقولُ لَكَ: قُمْ فَٱحمِلْ سَريرَكَ وَٱذهَبْ إِلى بَيتِكَ»

فقامَ مِن وَقتِه بِمَرأًى مِنهُم وحَمَلَ ما كانَ مُضطَجِعًا علَيه ومَضى إِلى بَيتِه وهُوَ يُمَجِّدُ الله

فٱستَولى الدَّهَشُ علَيهم جَميعًا، فمَجَّدوا الله، وقَد غَلَبَ الخَوفُ عَلَيهم فقالوا: «رَأَينا اليَومَ أُمورًا عَجيبة!»

وخَرَجَ بَعدَ ذٰلك، فأَبصَرَ جابِيًا ٱسمُه لاوي، جالِسًا في بَيتِ الجِبايَة فقالَ له: «إِتبَعْني!»

فتَركَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ وقامَ فتَبِعَه

وأَقامَ لَه لاوي مَأدُبَةً عَظيمَةً في بَيتِه، وكانَ على المائِدَةِ مَعَهم جَماعَةٌ كَثيرةٌ مِنَ الجُباةِ وغَيرِهم

فقالَ الفِرِّيسِيُّون وكَتَبَتُهم لِتلاميذِه مُتَذَمِّرين: «لِماذا تَأكُلونَ وتَشرَبونَ مَعَ الجُباةِ والخاطِئين؟»

فأَجابَ يسوع: «لَيسَ الأَصِحَّاءُ بِمُحتاجينَ إِلى طَبيب، بلِ المَرْضى

ما جِئتُ لِأَدعُوَ الأَبرار، بَلِ الخاطِئينَ إِلى التَّوبَة»

فقالوا لَه: «إِنَّ تَلاميذَ يوحنَّا يُكثِرونَ مِنَ الصَّومِ ويُقيمونَ الصَّلٰوات، ومِثلُهُم تَلاميذُ الفِرِّيسيِّين، أَمَّا تَلاميذُكَ فيأكُلونَ ويَشرَبونَ!»

فقالَ لَهم: «أَبِوُسعِكُم أَن تُصوِّموا أَهلَ العُرسِ والعَريسُ بَينَهم؟

ولٰكِن سَتَأتي أَيَّامٌ فيها يُرفَعُ العَريسُ مِن بَينِهم، فعِندَئذٍ يَصومونَ في تِلكَ الأَيَّام»

وضَرَبَ لَهم مَثلًا قال: «ما مِن أَحَدٍ يَشُقُّ قِطعَةً مِن ثَوبٍ جَديد، فيَجعَلُها في ثَوبٍ عَتيق، لِئَلَّا يُشَقَّ الجَديد وتَكونَ القِطعَةُ الَّتي أُخِذَت مِنَ الجَديدِ لا تُلائِمُ العَتيق

وما مِن أَحَدٍ يَجعَلُ الخَمرَةَ الجَديدةَ في زقاقٍ عَتيقة، لِئَلَّا تَشُقَّ الخَمرَةُ الجَديدَةُ الزِّقاقَ فتُراقَ هي، وتَتْلَفَ الزِّقاق

بل يَجِبُ أَن تُجعَلَ الخَمرَةُ الجَديدةُ في زِقاقٍ جَديدة

وما مِن أَحَدٍ، إِذا شَرِبَ مُعَتَّقَةً، يَرغَبُ في الجَديدة، لأَنَّه يقول: «المُعَتَّقَةُ هِيَ الطَيِّبَة!»