MODERN LITERAL VERSION

5:1 Now it happened, while the crowd jammed against him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
5:2 and he saw two ships present by the lake, but the fishermen, having stepped away from them, were rinsing their nets.
5:3 And he stepped onto one of the ships, which was Simon's and asked him to set-sail a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.
5:4 And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Set-sail into the deep and lower your* nets *for a catch.

5:5 And Simon answering, said to him, Master*, we labored through the whole night and took nothing, but at your declaration I will lower the net.
5:6 And when they had done this, they locked up together a large crowd of fish, and their net was ripping;
5:7 and they signaled to their companions, those in the other ship, that they should come and take some of them. And they came and filled both the ships, so-that they began to capsize.
5:8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down before Jesus' knees, saying, Go away from me, because I am a sinful man, O Lord.
5:9 For* amazement engulfed him and all those with him, at the catch of the fish which they had taken;
5:10 and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
And Jesus said to Simon, Do not fear; hereafter you will be catching live men.
5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they left all and followed him.
{Mk 1:40-45 & Mt 8:2-4 & Lk 5:12-16.}

5:12 And it happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy and seeing Jesus and falling upon his face, he besought of him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you can cleanse.

5:13 And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed. And immediately the leprosy went away from him.
5:14 And he commanded him to tell no one but said, But when you go away, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift concerning your cleansing, just-as Moses commanded, *for a testimony to them. {Lev. 13:49 and 14:2ff}

5:15 But the word concerning him went through the land even more and large crowds came together to hear and to be healed by him from their sicknesses.
5:16 But he was departing by himself in the wilderness and prayed.
{Mk 2:1-12 & Mt 9:2-8 & Lk 5:17-26.}

5:17 And it happened on one of those days, that he was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and the power of the Lord was there, *that* he might heal them.

5:18 And behold, some men are carrying a man who was paralyzed upon a cot and they sought to bring him in and to place him before him.
5:19 And not finding through what way, they might bring him in because of the crowd, they went up to the housetop and dropped him down through the tiles with his cot into the middle in front of Jesus.
5:20 And seeing their faith, he said to him, Man, your sins are forgiven you.

5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who is speaking blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, except God only?

5:22 But Jesus fully knowing their reasonings, answering, said to them, What are you* reasoning in your* hearts?
5:23 Which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven you; or to say, Arise and walk?
5:24 But in order that you* may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the earth to forgive sins (he said to him who was paralyzed), I say to you, Arise and lift up your cot and go to your house.
5:25 And instantly he stood up before them and lifted up that on which he had been lying and went away to his house, glorifying God.

5:26 And astonishment took all and they glorified God, and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen glorious things today.
{Mk 2:13-14 & Mt 9:9 & Lk 5:27-28 At or near Capernaum.}

5:27 And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax-office and said to him, Follow me.
5:28 And having left all, he stood up and followed him.
{Mk 2:15-22 & Mt 9:10-17 & Lk 5:29-39 Capernaum.}

5:29 And Levi made* him a large banquet in his house and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the meal with them.
5:30 And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured to his disciples, saying, Why do you* eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?

5:31 And Jesus answering, said to them, Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.
5:32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

5:33 And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast frequently and are making* supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?

5:34 And he said to them, The {F} sons of the bridal-party are not able to fast, while the bridegroom is with them, are they?
5:35 But the days will come when the bridegroom may be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.

5:36 And he also spoke a parable to them: No one puts a patch from a new garment upon an old garment; otherwise the new and old will split-apart and also the patch from the new will not agree with the old.
5:37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the old wineskins and it will be spilled and the wineskins will be destroyed.
5:38 But new wine is put into new wineskins and both are protected together.
5:39 And no one having drunk old wine, immediately wishes for new; for* he says, The old is smoother.
{Footnotes: Lk 5:34- That is: companions or guests.}
{Mk 2:23-28 & Mt 12:1-8 & Lk 6:1-5 Jerusalem to Galilee.}