1 N ow it occurred that while the people pressed upon Jesus to hear the message of God, He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee).

Y ACONTECIO, que estando él junto al lago de Genezaret, las gentes se agolpaban sobre él para oir la palabra de Dios.

2 A nd He saw two boats drawn up by the lake, but the fishermen had gone down from them and were washing their nets.

Y vió dos barcos que estaban cerca de la orilla del lago: y los pescadores, habiendo descendido de ellos, lavaban sus redes.

3 A nd getting into one of the boats, that belonged to Simon (Peter), He requested him to draw away a little from the shore. Then He sat down and continued to teach the crowd from the boat.

Y entrado en uno de estos barcos, el cual era de Simón, le rogó que lo desviase de tierra un poco; y sentándose, enseñaba desde el barco á las gentes.

4 W hen He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon (Peter), Put out into the deep, and lower your nets for a haul.

Y como cesó de hablar, dijo á Simón: Tira á alta mar, y echad vuestras redes para pescar.

5 A nd Simon (Peter) answered, Master, we toiled all night '> exhaustingly] and caught nothing. But on the ground of Your word, I will lower the nets.

Y respondiendo Simón, le dijo: Maestro, habiendo trabajado toda la noche, nada hemos tomado; mas en tu palabra echaré la red.

6 A nd when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish; and as their nets were '> at the point of] breaking,

Y habiéndolo hecho, encerraron gran multitud de pescado, que su red se rompía.

7 T hey signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and take hold with them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

E hicieron señas á los compañeros que estaban en el otro barco, que viniesen á ayudarles; y vinieron, y llenaron ambos barcos, de tal manera que se anegaban.

8 B ut when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Lo cual viendo Simón Pedro, se derribó de rodillas á Jesús, diciendo: Apártate de mí, Señor, porque soy hombre pecador.

9 F or he was gripped with bewildering amazement, and all who were with him, at the haul of fish which they had made;

Porque temor le había rodeado, y á todos los que estaban con él, de la presa de los peces que habían tomado;

10 A nd so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon (Peter). And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from now on you will be catching men!

Y asimismo á Jacobo y á Juan, hijos de Zebedeo, que eran compañeros de Simón. Y Jesús dijo á Simón: No temas: desde ahora pescarás hombres.

11 A nd after they had run their boats on shore, they left everything and joined Him as His disciples and sided with His party and accompanied Him.

Y como llegaron á tierra los barcos, dejándolo todo, le siguieron.

12 W hile He was in one of the towns, there came a man full of (covered with) leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cure me and make me clean.

Y aconteció que estando en una ciudad, he aquí un hombre lleno de lepra, el cual viendo á Jesús, postrándose sobre el rostro, le rogó, diciendo: Señor, si quieres, puedes limpiarme.

13 A nd reached out His hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him.

Entonces, extendiendo la mano, le tocó diciendo: Quiero: sé limpio. Y luego la lepra se fué de él.

14 A nd charged him to tell no one '> that he might chance to meet], until you go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony and proof to the people, that they may have evidence.

Y él le mandó que no lo dijese á nadie: Mas ve, díjole, muéstrate al sacerdote, y ofrece por tu limpieza, como mandó Moisés, para testimonio á ellos.

15 B ut so much the more the news spread abroad concerning Him, and great crowds kept coming together to hear and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.

Empero tanto más se extendía su fama: y se juntaban muchas gentes á oir y ser sanadas de sus enfermedades.

16 B ut He Himself withdrew to the wilderness (desert) and prayed.

Mas él se apartaba á los desiertos, y oraba.

17 O ne of those days, as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come from every village and town of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Him to heal them.

Y aconteció un día, que él estaba enseñando, y los Fariseos y doctores de la ley estaban sentados, los cuales habían venido de todas las aldeas de Galilea, y de Judea y Jerusalem: y la virtud del Señor estaba allí para sanarlos.

18 A nd behold, some men were bringing on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to carry him in and lay him before.

Y he aquí unos hombres, que traían sobre un lecho un hombre que estaba paralítico; y buscaban meterle, y ponerle delante de él.

19 B ut finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with his stretcher through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus.

Y no hallando por donde meterle á causa de la multitud, subieron encima de la casa, y por el tejado le bajaron con el lecho en medio, delante de Jesús;

20 A nd when He saw their faith, He said, Man, your sins are forgiven you!

El cual, viendo la fe de ellos, le dice: Hombre, tus pecados te son perdonados.

21 A nd the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason and question and argue, saying, Who is this Who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

Entonces los escribas y los Fariseos comenzaron á pensar, diciendo: ¿Quién es éste que habla blasfemias? ¿Quién puede perdonar pecados sino sólo Dios?

22 B ut Jesus, knowing their thoughts and questionings, answered them, Why do you question in your hearts?

Jesús entonces, conociendo los pensamientos de ellos, respondiendo les dijo: ¿Qué pensáis en vuestros corazones?

23 W hich is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise and walk ?

¿Qué es más fácil, decir: Tus pecados te son perdonados, ó decir: Levántate y anda?

24 B ut that you may know that the Son of Man has the '> power of] authority and right on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up your litter (stretcher), and go to your own house!

Pues para que sepáis que el Hijo del hombre tiene potestad en la tierra de perdonar pecados, (dice al paralítico): A ti digo, levántate, toma tu lecho, y vete á tu casa.

25 A nd instantly stood up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went away to his house, recognizing and praising and thanking God.

Y luego, levantándose en presencia de ellos, y tomando aquel en que estaba echado, se fué á su casa, glorificando á Dios.

26 A nd overwhelming astonishment and ecstasy seized them all, and they recognized and praised and thanked God; and they were filled with and controlled by reverential fear and kept saying, We have seen wonderful and strange and incredible and unthinkable things today!

Y tomó espanto á todos, y glorificaban á Dios; y fueron llenos del temor, diciendo: Hemos visto maravillas hoy.

27 A nd after this, Jesus went out and looked at a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, Join Me as a disciple and side with My party and accompany Me.

Y después de estas cosas salió, y vió á un publicano llamado Leví, sentado al banco de los públicos tributos, y le dijo: Sígueme.

28 A nd he forsook everything and got up and followed Him.

Y dejadas todas las cosas, levantándose, le siguió.

29 A nd Levi (Matthew) made a great banquet for Him in his own house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

E hizo Leví gran banquete en su casa; y había mucha compañía de publicanos y de otros, los cuales estaban á la mesa con ellos.

30 N ow the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling against Jesus’ disciples, saying, Why are you eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinful people?

Y los escribas y los Fariseos murmuraban contra sus discípulos, diciendo: ¿Por qué coméis y bebéis con los publicanos y pecadores?

31 A nd Jesus replied to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

Y respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Los que están sanos no necesitan médico, sino los que están enfermos.

32 I have not come to arouse and invite and call the righteous, but the erring ones ( those not free from sin) to repentance '> to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins].

No he venido á llamar justos, sino pecadores á arrepentimiento.

33 T hen they said to Him, The disciples of John practice fasting often and offer up prayers of petition, and so do of the Pharisees also, but Yours eat and drink.

Entonces ellos le dijeron: ¿Por qué los discípulos de Juan ayunan muchas veces y hacen oraciones, y asimismo los de los Fariseos, y tus discípulos comen y beben?

34 A nd Jesus said to them, Can you make the wedding guests fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?

Y él les dijo: ¿Podéis hacer que los que están de bodas ayunen, entre tanto que el esposo está con ellos?

35 B ut the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then they will fast in those days.

Empero vendrán días cuando el esposo les será quitado: entonces ayunarán en aquellos días.

36 H e told them a proverb also: No one puts a patch from a new garment on an old garment; if he does, he will both tear the new one, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

Y les decía también una parábola: Nadie mete remiendo de paño nuevo en vestido viejo; de otra manera el nuevo rompe, y al viejo no conviene remiendo nuevo.

37 A nd no one pours new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the fresh wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled and the skins will be ruined (destroyed).

Y nadie echa vino nuevo en cueros viejos; de otra manera el vino nuevo romperá los cueros, y el vino se derramará, y los cueros se perderán.

38 B ut new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

Mas el vino nuevo en cueros nuevos se ha de echar; y lo uno y lo otro se conserva.

39 A nd no one after drinking old wine immediately desires new wine, for he says, The old is good or better.

Y ninguno que bebiere del añejo, quiere luego el nuevo; porque dice: El añejo es mejor.