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The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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      <div class="chapter ch5" data-usfm="LUK.5">
         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls His First Disciples</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Sea of Galilee</span></span></span><span class="content"> the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He saw at the water&#8217;s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Simon answered, &#8220;Master, we&#8217;ve worked hard all night and haven&#8217;t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus&#8217; knees and said, &#8220;Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon&#8217;s partners.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.5.10"><span class="content">Then Jesus said to Simon, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:12 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word traditionally translated </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content"> When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, &#8220;Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I am willing,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be clean!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> And immediately the leprosy left him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Jesus ordered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;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.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">One 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. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When Jesus saw their faith, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Friend, your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, &#8220;Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Which is easier: to say, &#8216;Your sins are forgiven,&#8217; or to say, &#8216;Get up and walk&#8217;?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> So he said to the paralyzed man, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, &#8220;We have seen remarkable things today.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Follow me,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to him, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.5.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, &#8220;Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.5.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Jesus answered them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Questioned About Fasting</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.5.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">They said to him, &#8220;John&#8217;s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.5.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.5.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.5.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.5.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.5.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">He told them this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;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.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.5.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And 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.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.5.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.5.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, &#8216;The old is better.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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New International Version

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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch58" data-usfm="ISA.58.6+ISA.58.7+ISA.58.8+ISA.58.9+ISA.58.10+ISA.58.11+ISA.58.12">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to loose the chains of injustice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">and untie the cords of the yoke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">to set the oppressed free</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">and break every yoke?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.58.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Is it not to share your food with the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">when you see the naked, to clothe them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.58.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then your light will break forth like the dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">and your healing will quickly appear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">then your righteousness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">58:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">your righteous One</span></span></span><span class="content"> will go before you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">and the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be your rear guard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.58.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then you will call, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">&#8220;If you do away with the yoke of oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">with the pointing finger and malicious talk,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.58.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">then your light will rise in the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">and your night will become like the noonday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.58.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will guide you always;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">and will strengthen your frame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">You will be like a well-watered garden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">like a spring whose waters never fail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.58.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">and will raise up the age-old foundations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.58.12"><span class="content">Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkJOL">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="JOL.2.12+JOL.2.13+JOL.2.14+JOL.2.15+JOL.2.16+JOL.2.17">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Even now,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="content">&#8220;return to me with all your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="content">with fasting and weeping and mourning.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Rend your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">and not your garments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">Return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">for he is gracious and compassionate,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">slow to anger and abounding in love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">and he relents from sending calamity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who knows? He may turn and relent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">and leave behind a blessing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">grain offerings and drink offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blow the trumpet in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">declare a holy fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">call a sacred assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Gather the people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">consecrate the assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">bring together the elders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">gather the children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">those nursing at the breast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">Let the bridegroom leave his room</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">and the bride her chamber.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let the priests, who minister before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">weep between the portico and the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Let them say, &#8220;Spare your people, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">a byword among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Why should they say among the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">&#8216;Where is their God?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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