Luke 5:4–11 · BSB
5:4
When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
5:5
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
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5:6
When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.
5:7
So they signaled to 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.
5:8
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
5:9
For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
5:10
and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”
5:11
And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
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