Kuitwa Kwa Wanafunzi Wa Kwanza
(Mathayo 4:18-22; Marko 1:16-20)
15:1 Mk 4:14; Ebr 4:12Siku moja Yesu alipokuwa amesimama karibu na Ziwa la Genesareti,5:1 Yaani Bahari ya Galilaya. watu wengi wakiwa wanasongana kumzunguka ili wapate kusikia neno la Mungu, 2akaona mashua mbili ukingoni mwa ziwa, zikiwa zimeachwa hapo na wavuvi waliokuwa wanaosha nyavu zao. 35:3 Mt 13:2Akaingia katika mojawapo ya hizo mashua ambayo ilikuwa ya Simoni, akamwomba aisogeze ndani ya maji kidogo kutoka ufuoni. Kisha akaketi na kufundisha watu akiwa mle ndani ya mashua.
45:4 Yn 21:6Alipomaliza kunena, akamwambia Simoni, “Sasa peleka mashua hadi kilindini kisha mshushe nyavu zenu mkavue samaki.”
55:5 Lk 9:33, 49; 17:13; Yn 21:3Simoni akamjibu, “Bwana, tumefanya kazi ya kuchosha usiku kucha na hatukuvua chochote. Lakini, kwa neno lako nitazishusha nyavu.”
65:6 Yn 21:11Nao walipozishusha nyavu zao, wakavua samaki wengi sana, nyavu zao zikajaa zikaanza kukatika. 7Wakawaashiria wavuvi wenzao kwenye ile mashua nyingine ili waje kuwasaidia. Wakaja, wakajaza mashua zote mbili samaki hata zikaanza kuzama.
85:8 Mwa 18:27; Ay 42:6Simoni Petro alipoona haya yaliyotukia, alianguka miguuni mwa Yesu na kumwambia, “Bwana, ondoka kwangu. Mimi ni mtu mwenye dhambi!” 9Kwa kuwa yeye na wavuvi wenzake walikuwa wameshangazwa sana na wingi wa samaki waliokuwa wamepata. 105:10 Mt 14:27Vivyo hivyo wenzake Simoni, yaani Yakobo na Yohana, wana wa Zebedayo, walishangazwa pia.
Ndipo Yesu akamwambia Simoni, “Usiogope, tangu sasa utakuwa mvuvi wa watu.” 115:11 Mt 4:11Hivyo wakasogeza mashua zao mpaka ufuoni mwa bahari, wakaacha kila kitu na kumfuata.
Yesu Amtakasa Mtu Mwenye Ukoma
(Mathayo 8:1-4; Marko 1:40-45)
125:12 Mt 8:12Ikawa siku moja Yesu alipokuwa katika mji fulani, mtu mmoja mwenye ukoma mwili mzima akamjia. Alipomwona Yesu, alianguka chini mpaka uso wake ukagusa ardhi, akamsihi akisema, “Bwana, ukitaka, waweza kunitakasa.”
13Yesu akanyoosha mkono wake, akamgusa yule mtu, akamwambia, “Nataka. Takasika!” Na mara ukoma wake ukatakasika.
145:14 Mt 8:4Yesu akamwagiza akisema, “Usimwambie mtu yeyote, bali nenda ukajionyeshe kwa kuhani na ukatoe sadaka alizoagiza Mose kwa utakaso wako, ili kuwa ushuhuda kwao.”
155:15 Mt 9:26Lakini habari zake Yesu zikazidi sana kuenea kotekote kuliko wakati mwingine wowote. Makutano makubwa ya watu yalikuwa yakikusanyika ili kumsikiliza na kuponywa magonjwa yao. 165:16 Mt 14:23Lakini mara kwa mara Yesu alijitenga nao ili kwenda mahali pa faragha kuomba.
Yesu Amponya Mtu Mwenye Kupooza
(Mathayo 9:1-8; Marko 2:1-12)
175:17 Mt 15:1; Lk 2:46; Mk 5:30; Lk 6:19Siku moja Yesu alipokuwa akifundisha, Mafarisayo na walimu wa sheria, waliokuwa wametoka kila kijiji cha Galilaya na kutoka Uyahudi na Yerusalemu, walikuwa wameketi huko. Nao uweza wa Bwana ulikuwa juu yake kuponya wagonjwa. 185:18 Mt 9:2; Mk 2:8Wakaja watu wamembeba mgonjwa aliyepooza kwenye mkeka. Wakajaribu kumwingiza ndani ili wamweke mbele ya Yesu. 19Walipokuwa hawawezi kufanya hivyo kwa sababu ya umati wa watu, wakapanda juu ya paa, wakaondoa baadhi ya matofali, wakamteremsha yule mgonjwa kwa mkeka wake hadi katikati ya ule umati pale mbele ya Yesu.
205:20 Lk 7:48-49Yesu alipoiona imani yao, akamwambia yule mgonjwa, “Rafiki, dhambi zako zimesamehewa.”
215:21 Isa 43:25; Lk 7:49; Yn 5:12Mafarisayo na wale walimu wa sheria wakaanza kuuliza, “Ni nani mtu huyu anayesema maneno ya kukufuru? Ni nani awezaye kusamehe dhambi isipokuwa Mungu peke yake?”
22Yesu akijua mawazo yao akawauliza, “Kwa nini mnawaza hivyo mioyoni mwenu? 23Je, ni lipi lililo rahisi zaidi, kumwambia, ‘Umesamehewa dhambi zako,’ au kusema, ‘Inuka, uende’? 245:24 Mt 8:20Lakini ili mpate kujua kwamba Mwana wa Adamu anayo mamlaka duniani kusamehe dhambi…” Akamwambia yule aliyepooza, “Nakuambia, inuka, chukua mkeka wako, uende nyumbani kwako.” 25Mara yule mtu aliyekuwa amepooza akasimama mbele yao wote, akachukua mkeka wake, akaenda zake nyumbani, huku akimtukuza Mungu. 265:26 Mt 9:8Kila mmoja akashangaa na kumtukuza Mungu. Wakajawa na hofu ya Mungu, wakasema, “Leo tumeona mambo ya ajabu.”
Yesu Amwita Lawi
(Mathayo 9:9-13; Marko 2:13-17)
275:27 Mt 4:19Baada ya haya, Yesu alitoka na kumwona mtoza ushuru mmoja jina lake Lawi akiwa amekaa forodhani, mahali pake pa kutoza ushuru. Akamwambia, “Nifuate.” 285:28 Lk 5:11; Mt 4:19Naye Lawi akaacha kila kitu, akaondoka, akamfuata.
295:29 Lk 15:1Kisha Lawi akamfanyia Yesu karamu kubwa nyumbani kwake, nao umati mkubwa wa watoza ushuru na watu wengine walikuwa wakila pamoja nao. 305:30 Mdo 23:9; Mt 9:11Lakini Mafarisayo na walimu wa sheria waliokuwa wa dhehebu lao wakawalalamikia wanafunzi wa Yesu, wakisema, “Mbona mnakula na kunywa pamoja na watoza ushuru na ‘wenye dhambi’?”
31Yesu akawajibu, “Wenye afya hawahitaji tabibu, bali walio wagonjwa. 325:32 Yn 3:17Sikuja kuwaita wenye haki, bali wenye dhambi wapate kutubu.”
Yesu Aulizwa Kuhusu Kufunga
(Mathayo 9:14-17; Marko 2:18-22)
335:33 Lk 7:18; Yn 1:35; 3:25-26; Mt 14:17; Mk 2:18-22Wakamwambia Yesu, “Wanafunzi wa Yohana na wa Mafarisayo mara kwa mara hufunga na kuomba, lakini wanafunzi wako wanaendelea kula na kunywa.”
345:34 Yn 3:29; Mt 14:17; Mk 2:18-22Yesu akawajibu, “Je, mnaweza kuwafanya wageni wa bwana arusi kufunga wakati yuko pamoja nao? 355:35 Lk 9:22; 7:22; Mt 14:17; Mk 2:18-22Lakini wakati utafika ambapo bwana arusi ataondolewa kwao. Hapo ndipo watakapofunga.”
365:36 Mt 14:17; Mk 2:18-22; Mt 9:16, 17; Mk 2:21, 22Yesu akawapa mfano huu, akawaambia: “Hakuna mtu achanaye kiraka kutoka kwenye nguo mpya na kukishonea kwenye nguo iliyochakaa. Akifanya hivyo, atakuwa amechana nguo mpya, na kile kiraka hakitalingana na ile nguo iliyochakaa. 375:37 Mt 14:17; Mk 2:18-22Hakuna mtu awekaye divai mpya kwenye viriba vikuukuu. Akifanya hivyo, hiyo divai mpya itavipasua hivyo viriba, nayo yote itamwagika. 385:38 Mt 14:17; Mk 2:18-22Divai mpya lazima iwekwe kwenye viriba vipya. 395:39 Mt 14:17; Mk 2:18-22Wala hakuna mtu anayependelea divai mpya baada ya kunywa divai ya zamani, bali husema, ‘Ile ya zamani ni nzuri zaidi.’ ”
Jesus Chooses His First Disciples
1One day Jesus was standing by the Sea of Galilee. The people crowded around him and listened to the word of God. 2Jesus saw two boats at the edge of the water. They had been left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3He got into the boat that belonged to Simon. Jesus asked him to go out a little way from shore. Then he sat down in the boat and taught the people.
4When he finished speaking, he turned to Simon. Jesus said, “Go out into deep water. Let down the nets so you can catch some fish.”
5Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
6When they had done so, they caught a large number of fish. There were so many that their nets began to break. 7So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord!” he said. “I am a sinful man!” 9He and everyone with him were amazed at the number of fish they had caught. 10So were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who worked with Simon.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will fish for people.” 11So they pulled their boats up on shore. Then they left everything and followed him.
Jesus Heals a Man Who Had a Skin Disease
12While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along. He had a skin disease all over his body. When he saw Jesus, the man fell with his face to the ground. He begged him, “Lord, if you are willing to make me ‘clean,’ you can do it.”
13Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing to do it,” he said. “Be ‘clean’!” Right away the disease left him.
14Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone. Go and show yourself to the priest. Offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded. It will be a witness to the priest and the people that you are ‘clean.’ ”
15But the news about Jesus spread even more. So crowds of people came to hear him. They also came to be healed of their sicknesses. 16But Jesus often went away to be by himself and pray.
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Man Who Could Not Walk
17One day Jesus was teaching. Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. They heard that the Lord had given Jesus the power to heal the sick. 18So some men came carrying a man who could not walk. He was lying on a mat. They tried to take him into the house to place him in front of Jesus. 19They could not find a way to do this because of the crowd. So they went up on the roof. Then they lowered the man on his mat through the opening in the roof tiles. They lowered him into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
20When Jesus saw that they had faith, he spoke to the man. He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to think, “Who is this fellow who says such an evil thing? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? 23Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’? Or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 24But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he spoke to the man who could not walk. “I tell you,” he said, “get up. Take your mat and go home.” 25Right away, the man stood up in front of them. He took his mat and went home praising God. 26Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with wonder. They said, “We have seen unusual things today.”
Jesus Chooses Levi and Eats With Sinners
27After this, Jesus left the house. He saw a tax collector sitting at the tax booth. The man’s name was Levi. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him. 28Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
29Then Levi gave a huge banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30But the Pharisees and their teachers of the law complained to Jesus’ disciples. They said, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor. Sick people do. 32I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to turn away from their sins.”
Jesus Is Asked About Fasting
33Some of the people who were there said to Jesus, “John’s disciples often pray and go without eating. So do the disciples of the Pharisees. But yours go on eating and drinking.”
34Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the groom fast while he is with them? 35But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. In those days they will go without eating.”
36Then Jesus gave them an example. He said, “No one tears a piece out of new clothes to patch old clothes. Otherwise, they will tear the new clothes. Also, the patch from the new clothes will not match the old clothes. 37No one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins. The wine will run out, and the wineskins will be destroyed. 38No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. 39After drinking old wine, no one wants the new. They say, ‘The old wine is better.’ ”
