Jesus Calls His First Disciples
1One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,5:1 That is, the Sea of Galilee the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
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 such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
8When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.
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, left everything and followed him.
Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
12While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.5:12 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
13Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
14Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
15Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
17One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. 18Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. 19When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
20When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? 23Which is 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 said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 25Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. 26Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
29Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Jesus Questioned About Fasting
33They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
34Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? 35But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”
36He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37And no 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 ruined. 38No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. 39And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’ ”
Kiran almajirai na farko
(Mattiyu 8.14-17; Markus 1.29-34)
1Wata rana, Yesu yana tsaye a bakin Tafkin Gennesaret, mutane kuma suna ta matsawa kewaye da shi, domin su ji maganar Allah, 2sai ya hangi jiragen ruwa biyu a bakin tafkin, waɗanda masu kamun kifi suka bari suna wankin abin kamun kifinsu. 3Sai ya shiga ɗaya jirgin ruwan da yake na Siman, ya kuma roƙe shi yă tura shi kaɗan daga gaci. Sai ya zauna a jirgin ruwan, ya koyar da mutane daga ciki.
4Da ya gama magana, sai ya ce wa Siman, “Ka tuƙa jirgin zuwa inda akwai zurfi, ka saukar da abin kamun kifinka ka kama kifi.”
5Siman ya amsa ya ce, “Ranka yă daɗe, duk dare mun yi ta fama ba mu kama kome ba, amma tun da ka ce haka, zan saki abin kamun kifin.”
6Da suka yi haka, sai suka kama kifi da yawa, har abin kamun kifinsu suka fara tsintsinkewa. 7Sai suka kira abokansu a ɗaya jirgin, su zo su taimake su, suka kuwa zo. Suka cika jiragen biyu da kifi cif, har jiragen suka fara nutsewa.
8Da Siman Bitrus ya ga wannan, sai ya fāɗi a gaban Yesu ya ce, “Rabu da ni, Ubangiji. Ni mai zunubi ne!” 9Gama mamaki ya kama shi da abokansa duka, saboda yawan kifin da suka kama. 10Yaƙub da Yohanna, ’ya’yan Zebedi, abokan aikin Siman su ma suka yi mamaki.
Sai Yesu ya ce wa Siman, “Kada ka ji tsoro, daga yanzu za ka riƙa kama mutane ne.” 11Sai suka jawo jiragen ruwansu zuwa gaci, suka bar kome da kome, suka bi shi.
Warkar da kuturu
(Mattiyu 8.1-4; Markus 1.40-45)
12Yayinda Yesu yake ɗaya daga cikin garuruwan nan, sai ga wani mutum wanda kuturta ta ci ƙarfinsa. Da ganin Yesu, sai ya fāɗi da fuskarsa a ƙasa, ya roƙe shi ya ce, “Ubangiji, in ka yarda, kana iya ka tsabtacce ni.”
13Yesu ya miƙa hannunsa ya taɓa mutumin ya ce, “Na yarda, ka zama da tsabta!” Nan da nan, sai kuturtar ta rabu da shi.
14Sai Yesu ya umarce shi ya ce, “Kada ka gaya wa kowa, amma ka tafi ka nuna kanka ga firist, ka kuma miƙa hadayu da Musa ya umarta, saboda tsarkakewarka ta zama shaida a gare su.”
15Duk da haka, labarinsa ya ƙara bazuwa sosai, har taron mutane suka dinga zuwa don jinsa, da kuma neman warkarwa daga cututtukansu. 16Amma Yesu sau da yawa, yakan keɓe kansa zuwa wuraren da ba kowa, yă yi addu’a.
Yesu ya warkar da shanyayye
(Mattiyu 9.1-8; Markus 2.1-12)
17Wata rana, da yake cikin koyarwa, waɗansu Farisiyawa da malaman dokoki waɗanda suka zo daga kowane ƙauye a Galili, Yahudiya da Urushalima kuwa suna zaune. Ikon Ubangiji yana nan don yă warkar da masu ciwo. 18Sai ga waɗansu mutane suka kawo wani shanyayye a kan tabarma. Suka yi ƙoƙari su shigar da shi cikin gidan, domin su kwantar da shi a gaban Yesu. 19Da suka ga babu hanyar da za su bi saboda taron, sai suka haura rufin, suka saukar da shi a kan tabarmarsa, ta bakin ramin da suka huda a rufin, suka ajiye shi a tsakiyar taron, a gaban Yesu.
20Da Yesu ya ga bangaskiyarsu, sai ya ce, “Saurayi, an gafarta maka zunubanka.”
21Farisiyawa da malaman dokoki suka fara yin tunani a zukatansu, “Wane ne wannan mutum da yake saɓo haka? Wa zai iya gafarta zunubai, in ba Allah kaɗai ba?”
22Yesu ya san abin da suke tunani, sai ya yi tambaya ya ce, “Don me kuke tunanin waɗannan abubuwa a zukatanku? 23Wanne ya fi sauƙi, a ce, ‘An gafarta maka zunubanka,’ ko kuma a ce, ‘Tashi, ka yi tafiya’? 24Amma domin ku san cewa Ɗan Mutum yana da iko a duniya ya gafarta zunubai.” Sai ya ce wa shanyayyen, “Na ce maka, tashi, ɗauki tabarmarka ka tafi gida.” 25Nan da nan, ya tashi tsaye a gabansu, ya ɗauki tabarmar da yake kwance a kai, ya tafi gida, yana yabon Allah. 26Kowa ya yi mamaki, ya kuma yabi Allah. Suka cika da tsoro, suna cewa, “Mun ga abubuwan banmamaki yau.”
Kiran Lawi
(Mattiyu 9.9-13; Markus 2.13-17)
27Bayan wannan, sai Yesu ya fita, ya ga wani mai karɓar haraji, mai suna Lawi, yana zaune a wurin da ake karɓar haraji. Yesu ya ce masa, “Bi ni.” 28Sai Lawi ya tashi, ya bar kome da kome, ya bi shi.
29Sai Lawi ya shirya wa Yesu wani babban liyafa a gidansa. Wani babban taron na masu karɓar haraji, tare da waɗansu suna cin abinci tare da su. 30Amma Farisiyawa da malaman dokokin da suke a ƙungiyarsu, suka yi wa almajiransa gunaguni, suna cewa, “Don me kuke ci, kuke sha tare da masu karɓar haraji da masu zunubi?”
31Yesu ya amsa musu ya ce, “Ai, masu lafiya ba sa bukatar likita, sai dai marasa lafiya. 32Ban zo don in kira masu adalci ba, sai dai masu zunubi zuwa ga tuba.”
An tuhumi Yesu a kan azumi
(Mattiyu 9.14-17; Markus 2.18-22)
33Suka ce masa, “Almajiran Yohanna sukan yi azumi da addu’a, haka ma almajiran Farisiyawa, amma naka sai ci da sha.”
34Yesu ya amsa ya ce, “Za ku iya sa abokan ango yin azumi yayinda yake tare da su? 35Amma lokaci yana zuwa, da za a ɗauke ango daga gare su. A waɗancan kwanakin ne za su yi azumi.”
36Sai ya faɗa musu wannan misali ya ce, “Ba wanda yakan yage ƙyalle daga sabuwar riga ya yi wa tsohuwar riga faci. In ya yi haka, zai yage sabuwar rigar, kuma facin daga sabuwar ba zai dace da tsohuwar rigar ba. 37Kuma ba wanda yakan zuba sabon ruwan inabi a cikin tsofaffin salkuna. In ya yi haka, sabon ruwan inabi zai farfashe salkunan, ruwan inabin yă zube, salkunan kuma su lalace. 38A’a, sai dai a zuba sabon ruwan inabi a sababbin salkuna. 39Kuma ba wanda yakan so shan sabon ruwan inabi bayan ya sha tsohon, don yakan ce, ‘Ai, tsohon ya fi kyau.’ ”
