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.’ ”
呼召门徒
1一天，耶稣站在革尼撒勒湖边，众人团团围着祂，要听上帝的道。 2祂看见湖边停着两条船，渔夫离了船正在洗网， 3就上了西门的那条船，请西门把船稍微划离岸边，然后坐在船上教导众人。 4耶稣讲完之后对西门说：“把船划到水深的地方去撒网捕鱼。”
5西门说：“老师，我们劳碌了一整夜，一无所获，但既然你这样吩咐，我就照你的话做。” 6他们把网撒下去，果然捕获很多鱼，差点把网撑破了， 7于是招呼另一条船上的同伴来帮忙。他们一起把两条船都装满了鱼，船几乎要沉下去了。
8西门·彼得见状，便跪倒在耶稣膝前说：“主啊，离开我，我是个罪人！” 9他和所有同伴们对捕到这么多鱼感到非常惊讶， 10包括西庇太的两个儿子雅各和约翰。耶稣对西门说：“不要怕，从今以后，你将成为得人的渔夫。” 11于是他们把船靠岸后，撇下一切跟从了耶稣。
洁净麻风病人
12有一次，耶稣在一个小镇遇见一个浑身患麻风病的人，那人一看见耶稣，就俯伏在地上恳求说：“主啊，如果你肯，一定能使我洁净。”
13耶稣伸手摸他，说：“我肯，你洁净了吧！”他身上的麻风病立刻消失了。
14耶稣又嘱咐他：“不要把这事告诉别人，要去让祭司察看你的身体，照摩西的规定献上祭物，向众人证明你已经洁净了。”
15结果耶稣的名声传得更广了，成群的人聚集到祂那里听祂讲道、求祂医病。 16不过，祂还是常常退到旷野去祷告。
叫瘫子行走
17有一天，耶稣在教导人，旁边坐着来自加利利、犹太和耶路撒冷各地的法利赛人和律法教师，主的能力伴随着耶稣，使祂能医治病人。
18有人用担架抬着一个瘫痪的人想进到屋里，把他放在耶稣面前。 19可是人太挤了，无法进去，他们就爬上屋顶，掀开瓦片，把那病人连人带担架缒到耶稣面前。 20耶稣看见他们那么有信心，就对瘫子说：“朋友，你的罪得到赦免了！”
21那些法利赛人和律法教师开始议论起来：“这个说话亵渎上帝的人是谁啊？除了上帝以外，谁能够赦罪？”
22耶稣知道他们的想法，就问：“你们为什么心里议论呢？ 23说‘你的罪得到赦免了’容易呢，还是说‘你起来行走’容易呢？ 24如今我要让你们知道人子在世上有赦罪的权柄。”于是对瘫子说：“我吩咐你起来！收拾你的担架回家去吧。”
25那人立刻当众站了起来，拿起他躺卧的担架回家去了，不住地赞美上帝。 26众人都十分惊奇，一同赞美上帝，心里充满了敬畏，说：“今天我们看到神迹了！”
呼召利未
27后来耶稣外出时，看见一个名叫利未的税吏坐在收税站里，就对他说：“跟从我！” 28利未就起来，撇下一切跟从了耶稣。
29随后，他在家设宴款待耶稣，赴宴的人中有许多税吏和其他人。 30法利赛人和律法教师就向耶稣的门徒抱怨说：“你们为什么跟税吏和罪人一起吃喝呢？”
31耶稣答道：“健康的人不需要医生，有病的人才需要。 32我来不是要召义人悔改，乃是召罪人悔改。”
论禁食
33他们说：“约翰的门徒常常禁食祷告，法利赛人的门徒也是一样，可是你的门徒却又吃又喝。”
34耶稣说：“新郎还跟宾客在一起的时候，岂能让宾客禁食？ 35但有一天新郎将被带走，那时他们就要禁食了。” 36耶稣又给他们讲了一个比喻，说：“没有人会从新衣服上撕下一块布来，补在旧衣服上。否则，不但新衣服撕破了，旧衣服和新补丁也不相称。 37同样，没有人把新酒装进旧皮囊里，否则新酒会把旧皮囊胀破，酒也漏了，皮囊也毁了。 38所以新酒一定要装在新皮囊里。 39但是，没有人喝过陈年老酒后，还愿意喝新酒，因为他会说，‘还是陈年老酒好。’”
