The Gospel of Luke for Readers | Page 6

them,
He went His way.
Jesus went on to Capernaum in Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath
days. They were astonished at His doctrine for His word was powerful.
There was a man in the synagogue who had a spirit of an unclean devil
which cried out with a loud voice, Let us alone; what have we to do
with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know
who thou art; the Holy One of God.
Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. When
the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him. The people

were amazed and said, What words are these! With authority and
power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out. His fame
went out into every corner of that country.
Jesus went out of the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Simon's
wife's mother had a serious fever and they besought Him to help her.
Jesus stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she
arose and ministered to them.
Now when the sun was setting, many who were sick with divers
diseases were brought to Him. He laid His hands on every one of them
and healed them. Devils came out of many, crying out, and saying,
Thou art Christ, the Son of God. Jesus rebuked and silenced them
because they knew that He was Christ.
When it was day, He left and went into a desert place. The people
looked for Him. When they found Him, they tried to prevent Him from
departing from them. But Jesus said to them, I must preach the
kingdom of God to other cities also. This is why I was sent. And He
preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
5 As the people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He stood
by the lake of Gennesaret. He saw two ships standing by the lake. The
fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets. He
entered one of the ships, which was Simon's, and requested that he
thrust out a little from the land. Then He sat down and taught the
people from the ship.
When He finished speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the
deep and let down your nets. Simon said to Him, Master, we have
toiled all night and have taken nothing. Nevertheless, at thy word, I will
let down the net.
When he and his crew had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of
fish and their net broke. They beckoned to their partners, who were in
another ship, to come and help them. They came and filled both the
ships so full that they began to sink.
When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, Depart
from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, who were partners with Simon, and all those who were with
them, were astonished at the great number of fish. Jesus said to Simon,
Fear not. From now on, thou shall catch men. When they landed the
fishing boats, they left everything and followed Him.

It came to pass, when He was in a certain city, a man, full of leprosy,
on seeing Jesus, fell before Him and said, Lord, if thou will, thou can
make me clean. Jesus stretched out His hand, touched him, and said, I
will. Be thou clean. Immediately the leprosy left the man. Jesus then
directed him to tell no one about this. He said, Go and show thyself to
the priest. Offer for thy cleansing, according to Moses command, for a
testimony to them.
Nonetheless, His fame was spread even more abroad. Great multitudes
gathered to hear and be healed of their infirmities by Him. Jesus
withdrew Himself into the wilderness to pray.
One day He was teaching and the power of the Lord to heal was upon
Him. There were gathered people that had come out of every town of
Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem. Pharisees and doctors of the law sat
among them.
Men approached carrying a bed with a man who had a palsy. They
looked for a way to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. When they
could not find a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they
went upon the housetop and lowered him down on his couch through
the tiling and into the midst of where Jesus stood. When Jesus saw their
faith, He said, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.
The scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, Who is this
who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? When
Jesus perceived their thoughts, He said to them, Why