The Miracles of Jesus
5 First Catch of Fish
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Last Revised: 5/9/00
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1  jEgevneto de; ejn tw'/ to;n o[clon ejpikei'sqai aujtw'/ kai; ajkouvein to;n lovgon tou' qeou' kai; aujto;" h\n eJstw;" para; th;n livmnhn Gennhsarevt 2 kai; ei\den duvo ploi'a eJstw'ta para; th;n livmnhn.  oiJ de; aJliei'" ajp j aujtw'n ajpobavnte" e[plunon ta; divktua.  3 ejmba;" de; eij" e^n tw'n ploivwn, o^ h\n Sivmwno", hjrwvthsen aujto;n ajpo; th'" gh'" ejpanagagei'n ojlivgon, kaqivsa" de; ejk tou' ploivou ejdivdasken tou;" o[clou".  4 wJ" de; ejpauvsato lalw'n, ei\pen pro;" to;n Sivmwna,  jEpanavgage eij" to; bavqo" kai; calavsate ta; divktua uJmw'n eij" a[gran.  5 kai; ajpokriqei;" Sivmwn ei\pen, jEpistavta, di j o&lh" nukto;" kopiavsante" oujde;n ejlavbomen.  ejpi; de; tw'/ rJhvmativ sou calavsw ta; divktua. 
6 kai; tou'to poihvsante" sunevkleisan plh'qo" ijcquvwn poluv, dierrhvsseto de; ta; divktua aujtw'n.  7 kai; katevneusan toi'" metovcoi" ejn tw'/ eJtevrw/ ploivw/ tou' ejlqovnta" sullabevsqai aujtoi'".  kai; h\lqon kai; e[plhsan ajmfovtera ta; ploi'a w&ste buqivzesqai aujtav.  8 ijdw;n de; Sivmwn Pevtro" prosevpesen toi'" govnasin  jIhsou' levgwn, #Exelqe ajp j ejmou', o&ti ajnh;r aJmartwlov" eijmi, kuvrie. 
9 qavmbo" ga;r perievscen aujto;n kai; pavnta" tou;" su;n aujtw'/ ejpi; th'/ a[gra/ tw'n ijcquvwn w|n sunevlabon, 
10 oJmoivw" de; kai;  jIavkwbon kai;  jIwavnnhn uiJou;" Zebedaivou, oi^ h\san koinwnoi; tw'/ Sivmwni.  kai; ei\pen pro;" to;n Sivmwna oJ  jIhsou'", Mh; fobou'.  ajpo; tou' nu'n ajnqrwvpou" e[sh/ zwgrw'n.  11 kai; katagagovnte" ta; ploi'a ejpi; th;n gh'n ajfevnte" pavnta hjkolouvqhsan aujtw'/. 
1 While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.  2 And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.  3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simons, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.  4 And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."  5 And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets."  6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, 7 they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.  8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord."  9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men."