1Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

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Mark 1:16, Mark 1:20, Matthew 4:18, Matthew 4:22, Mark 1:16

2He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

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Mark 1:19, Mark 1:19, Matthew 4:21, Matthew 4:21

3He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

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Matthew 4:18, Matthew 4:18, Matthew 13:1, Matthew 13:2, Matthew 13:1

4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."

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John 21:6, John 21:6, Matthew 17:27, Matthew 17:27

5Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets."

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John 2:5, John 2:5, John 15:14, John 15:14, Luke 6:46

6When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

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John 21:6, John 21:11, 1 Corinthians 15:58, John 21:6, John 21:11

7They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

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Galatians 6:2, Philippians 4:3, Galatians 6:2, Philippians 4:3, Acts 11:25

8But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."

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Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 6:5, Job 42:5, Job 42:6, Judges 13:22

9For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

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Luke 4:32, Luke 4:32, Psalms 8:8, Mark 9:6, Psalms 8:8

10and so also were Jacob and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you will be catching men."

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Matthew 4:19, Matthew 13:47, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 13:47, Ezekiel 47:9

11When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

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Matthew 4:20, Matthew 4:20, Luke 5:28, Luke 18:28, Luke 18:30

12It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

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Psalms 50:15, Psalms 50:15, Matthew 8:2, Matthew 8:4, Luke 17:16

13And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him.

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Matthew 9:29, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 9:29, Matthew 9:30, John 4:50

14He commanded him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."

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Leviticus 14:2, Leviticus 14:32, Leviticus 14:2, Leviticus 14:32, Luke 17:14

15But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.

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Matthew 15:30, Matthew 15:31, Luke 12:1, Matthew 15:30, Matthew 15:31

16But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

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Mark 1:35, Mark 1:36, Luke 6:12, Mark 1:35, Mark 1:36

17It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal.

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Luke 6:19, Luke 6:19, Luke 8:46, Luke 8:46, Acts 19:11

18Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

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Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:8, Mark 2:3, Mark 2:12, Matthew 9:2

19Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.

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Mark 2:4, Mark 2:4, Matthew 10:27, Deuteronomy 22:8, Matthew 10:27

20Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

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Acts 14:9, Acts 14:9, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:2, Luke 7:48

21The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"

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Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 43:25, Luke 7:49, John 10:33, Mark 2:6

22But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

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Luke 24:38, Luke 24:38, Psalms 139:2, Acts 5:3, Mark 8:17

23Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'

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Matthew 9:5, Mark 2:9, Matthew 9:5, Mark 2:9

24But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house."

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Isaiah 53:11, Revelation 1:13, Isaiah 53:11, Revelation 1:13, Luke 5:13

25Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.

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John 9:24, John 9:24, Luke 5:13, Psalms 107:20, Psalms 107:22

26Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."

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Matthew 9:8, Matthew 9:8, Luke 7:16, Luke 7:16, Acts 5:11

27After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"

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Mark 2:13, Mark 2:22, Mark 2:13, Mark 2:22, Matthew 9:9

28He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

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Luke 5:11, Luke 5:11, Matthew 19:22, Matthew 19:27, Luke 9:59

29Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

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Luke 15:1, Luke 15:1, 1 Corinthians 5:9, 1 Corinthians 5:11, John 12:2

30The Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

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Luke 15:1, Luke 15:2, Mark 7:3, Acts 23:9, Isaiah 65:5

31Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

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Mark 2:17, Mark 2:17, Matthew 9:12, Matthew 9:13, Matthew 9:12

32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

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Luke 19:10, Luke 19:10, Luke 15:10, Luke 15:10, Luke 15:7

33They said to him, "The disciples of John often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink."

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Matthew 9:14, Matthew 9:17, Matthew 9:14, Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:18

34He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

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John 3:29, John 3:29, Matthew 22:2, Revelation 19:7, Revelation 19:9

35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days."

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John 16:4, John 16:7, Luke 17:22, John 16:4, John 16:7

36He also told a parable to them. "No one having torn a piece from a new garment puts it on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.

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Matthew 9:16, Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:21, Mark 2:22, Matthew 9:16

37And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

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Joshua 9:13, Psalms 119:83, Joshua 9:13, Psalms 119:83, Joshua 9:4

38But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

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Hebrews 8:8, Hebrews 8:13, Hebrews 8:8, Hebrews 8:13, 2 Corinthians 5:17

39No man having drunk old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'"

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Hebrews 11:39, Hebrews 11:39, Mark 7:7, Mark 7:13, Jeremiah 6:16