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.’ ”
Asuafo A Wodi Kan No Frɛ
1Da bi a Yesu reka asɛmpa wɔ Genesaret ɔtare ho no, nnipakuw bɛkyeree ne so sɛ wɔrebetie Onyankopɔn asɛm. 2Ohuu akorow abien a apopofo bi a wɔhohoro wɔn asau wɔ mu no agyaw wɔ ɔtare no ho. 3Yesu kɔtenaa ɔkorow no baako a na ɛyɛ Simon de no mu. Ɔka kyerɛɛ Simon se ompia nkɔ asu no mu kakra sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, obetumi afi hɔ akasa akyerɛ nnipa no.
4Yesu wiee nʼasɛnka no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Simon se, “Hare kɔ baabi a emu dɔ kakra na munkogu mo asau no na mubeyi nam bebree.”
5Simon kae se, “Owura, yɛyɛɛ adwuma anadwo mu no nyinaa yɛannya hwee, nanso wʼasɛm nti, yebegu yɛn asau no.”
6Woguu asau no na woyii nam bebree maa anka mpo asau no retetew. 7Wɔfrɛɛ wɔn mfɛfo a wɔwɔ ɔkorow baako no mu no ma wɔbɛboaa wɔn twee asau no. Nam no yɛɛ akorow abien no nyinaa amaama a anka ɛreyɛ amem mpo.
8Simon Petro huu nea aba no, obuu Yesu nkotodwe kae se, “Me wura, mesrɛ wo fi me nkyɛn kɔ na meyɛ ɔdebɔneyɛni a mensɛ sɛ wobɛn me.” 9Nam dodow a woyii no yɛɛ Petro ne ne ne dɔm no nwonwa. 10Saa ara nso na ɛyɛɛ Yakobo ne Yohane, Sebedeo mma no nso nwonwa.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ Petro se, “Nsuro efi nnɛ, wobɛyɛ nnipayifo.” 11Wɔde akorow no beduu asu no ano hɔ no, wogyaw wɔn nneɛma nyinaa hɔ bedii nʼakyi.
Ɔkwatani Bi Ayaresa
12Da bi a Yesu wɔ kurow bi mu no, ɔbarima bi a kwata ayɛ ne honam nyinaa bɛkotow nʼanim srɛɛ no sɛ, “Owura, mesrɛ wo, sɛ ɛyɛ wo pɛ a, sa me yare.”
13Ɛhɔ ara Yesu teɛɛ ne nsa de kaa no kae se, “Yiw, ɛyɛ me pɛ. Wo ho mfi.” Amono mu hɔ ara, ne ho fii.
14Yesu hyɛɛ no se, “Wo ne obiara nni wʼayaresa yi ho nkɔmmɔ. Kɔ na fa wo ho kɔkyerɛ ɔsɔfo na bɔ afɔre a Mose hyɛɛ sɛ akwatafo a wɔn ho afi no mmɔ sɛ adansedi no.”
15Yesu anwonwadwuma a ɔyɛe yi maa ne ho asɛm trɛw mpɔtam hɔ nyinaa maa nnipa bebree betiee no pɛɛ sɛ ɔsa wɔn yare nso. 16Nanso na ɔtaa twe ne ho kɔ sare so kɔbɔ mpae.
Yesu De Obubuafo Bi Bɔne Kyɛ No Sa No Yare
17Bere bi a Yesu rekyerɛkyerɛ no, na Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo bi a wofi Galilea ne Yudea nkurow ahorow so ne Yerusalem nso wɔ hɔ bi a wɔretie no. Saa bere no, na Onyankopɔn ayaresa tumi ahyɛ no ma. 18Mmarima bi baa hɔ a wɔso obubuafo bi. 19Esiane sɛ na wontumi mfa nnipakuw no mu nkɔ Yesu nkyɛn nti, wɔforoo ɔdan a Yesu wɔ mu no kotuu atifi tokuru, de obubuafo a ɔda ne kɛtɛ so no faa mu gyaagyaa no brɛoo, kɔtoo Yesu anim.
20Yesu huu gyidi a wɔwɔ no, ɔka kyerɛɛ ɔyarefo no se, “Onua, wɔde wo bɔne akyɛ wo.”
21Farisifo no ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo no tee asɛm a Yesu kae no, wobisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Hena ne saa onipa yi a ɔreka abususɛm yi? Hena na otumi sɛ ɔde bɔne kyɛ ka Onyankopɔn ho?”
22Esiane sɛ Yesu huu nea wodwinnwen no nti, obuaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti na modwene sɛ asɛm a mekae yi yɛ abususɛm?” 23Yesu bisaa wɔn se, “Nea ɛwɔ he na ɛyɛ den, sɛ wɔbɛka akyerɛ obi se, wɔde wo bɔne akyɛ wo anaasɛ, wɔbɛka se sɔre na nantew? 24Na sɛ ɛbɛyɛ na mubehu sɛ Onipa Ba no wɔ tumi sɛ ɔde bɔne kyɛ wɔ asase so nti.” Mereka akyerɛ wo se, “Sɔre yi wo kɛtɛ na kɔ fie!” 25Amono mu hɔ ara, ɔsɔre yii ne kɛtɛ kɔɔ fie. Ɔrekɔ no nyinaa na ɔreyi Onyankopɔn ayɛ. 26Wɔn a wogyina hɔ no ho dwiriw wɔn. Ehu kaa wɔn. Woyii Onyankopɔn ayɛ kae se, “Nnɛ de, yɛahu anwonwade.”
Yesu Frɛ Lewi
27Eyi akyi no, Yesu fii hɔ kohuu ɔtowgyeni Lewi sɛ ɔte atowgyei. Ohuu no no, ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Bedi mʼakyi.” 28Lewi sɔre gyaw ne nneɛma nyinaa hɔ dii nʼakyi.
29Akyiri no, Lewi too pon wɔ ne fi maa Yesu. Towgyefo ne nnipa ahorow bebree kɔɔ aponto no ase. 30Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo no huu sɛ Yesu ne saa nnipa no ato nsa redidi no, wonwiinwii bisaa no se, “Adɛn nti na wo ne towgyefo ne nnebɔneyɛfo ato nsa redidi?”
31Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Wɔn a wɔyare no na ɔyaresafo ho hia wɔn na ɛnyɛ wɔn a wɔnyare. 32Mamma sɛ merebɛfrɛ atreneefo na mmom mebɛfrɛɛ nnebɔneyɛfo sɛ wɔnsakra wɔn adwene.”
Mmuadadi Ho Asɛmmisa
33Nnipa no kɔɔ so bisaa no bio se, “Adɛn nti na Osuboni Yohane asuafo ne Farisifo asuafo no de, wɔtaa di mmuada, na wʼasuafo de, daa wodidi na wɔnom?”
34Yesu nso bisaa wɔn se, “Ɛho hia sɛ wɔn a wɔn ani agye, anaasɛ wɔn a wɔahyia wɔn ayeforo ase no di mmuada, wɔ bere a ayeforokunu no wɔ wɔn nkyɛn ana? 35Nanso da bi bɛba a wɔbɛfa ayeforokunu no afi wɔn nkyɛn; saa bere no na wobedi mmuada.”
36Yesu buu wɔn bɛ yi se, “Obi mfa ntama foforo ntare ntama dedaw mu. Ɔyɛ saa a foforo no bɛma dedaw no asuane. Na ɛbɛma nsonoe ada foforo no ne dedaw no ntam. 37Obiara nso mfa nsa foforo ngu mmoa nhoma nsa nkotoku dedaw mu. Ɔyɛ saa a nsa no bɛpaapae nkotoku no na ahwie agu na nkotoku no nso asɛe. 38Eyi nti, nsa nkotoku foforo mu nko ara na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde nsa foforo gu. 39Obi nnom nsa dedaw nwie mmisa nsa foforo ase. Nea ɔnom no ka se, ‘dedaw no na eye.’ ”
