Study Desk

^(a)Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by ^(b)the lake of Gennesaret;

and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

And ^(c)He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the ^[a]people from the boat.

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and ^(d)let down your nets for a catch."

Simon answered and said, "^(e)Master, ^(f)we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but ^[b]I will do as You say and let down the nets."