Luke 5:11

THE MESSAGE

Push Out into Deep Water Once when he was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, the crowd was pushing in on him to better hear the Word of God. He noticed two boats tied up. The fishermen had just left them and were out scrubbing their nets. He climbed into the boat that was Simon's and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Sitting there, using the boat for a pulpit, he taught the crowd. When he finished teaching, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water and let your nets out for a catch." Simon said, "Master, we've been fishing hard all night and haven't caught even a minnow. But if you say so, I'll let out the nets." It was no sooner said than done—a huge haul of fish, straining the nets past capacity. They waved to their partners in the other boat to come help them. They filled both boats, nearly swamping them with the catch. Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell to his knees before Jesus. "Master, leave. I'm a sinner and can't handle this holiness. Leave me to myself." When they pulled in that catch of fish, awe overwhelmed Simon and everyone with him. It was the same with James and John, Zebedee's sons, coworkers with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "There is nothing to fear. From now on you'll be fishing for men and women." They pulled their boats up on the beach, left them, nets and all, and followed him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they brought the boats to land, left everything, and followed him.

King James Version (1611)
And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsooke all, and followed him.

King James Version
And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

English Standard Version
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

New American Standard Bible
When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

New Century Version
When the men brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed Jesus.

Amplified Bible
After they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him [becoming His disciples, believing and trusting in Him and following His example].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

Berean Standard Bible
And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.

Contemporary English Version
The men pulled their boats up on the shore. Then they left everything and went with Jesus.

Complete Jewish Bible
And as soon as they had beached their boats, they left everything behind and followed him.

Darby Translation
And having run the ships on shore, leaving all they followed him.

Easy-to-Read Version
The men brought their boats to the shore. They left everything and followed Jesus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they had brought the ships to land, they forsooke all, and followed him.

George Lamsa Translation
And they brought the boats to land, and left everything and followed him.

Good News Translation
They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and followed Jesus.

Lexham English Bible
And after they brought their boats to the land, they left everything and followed him.

Literal Translation
And bringing the boats down onto the land, forsaking all things, they followed Him.

American Standard Version
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.

Bible in Basic English
And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

Hebrew Names Version
When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And they brought the vessels to land, and forsook every thing, and went after him.

Murdock Translation
And they brought the vessels to the land: and they left all and followed him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when they had brought vp their boates to the shore, they forsoke all, and folowed hym.

English Revised Version
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.

World English Bible
When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed him.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then, after bringing their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the bootis weren led vp to the loond, thei leften alle thingis, and thei sueden hym.

Update Bible Version
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

New English Translation
So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

New King James Version
So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.

New Living Translation
And as soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus.

New Life Bible
When they came to land with their boats, they left everything and followed Jesus.

New Revised Standard
When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, bringing the boats down on to the land, they left all, and followed him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And having brought their ships to land, leaving all things, they followed him.

Revised Standard Version
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they brought the shippes to londe and forsoke all and folowed him.

Young's Literal Translation
and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they brought the shippes to londe, and left all, and folowed him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then having brought their boats to shore, they left every thing, and followed him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
When the boat got back to shore, they saddled up, left everything behind, and rode off with Jesus.

Contextual Overview

¹Once when he was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, the crowd was pushing in on him to better hear the Word of God. He noticed two boats tied up. The fishermen had just left them and were out scrubbing their nets. He climbed into the boat that was Simon's and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Sitting there, using the boat for a pulpit, he taught the crowd. ⁴ When he finished teaching, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water and let your nets out for a catch." ⁵Simon said, "Master, we've been fishing hard all night and haven't caught even a minnow. But if you say so, I'll let out the nets." It was no sooner said than done—a huge haul of fish, straining the nets past capacity. They waved to their partners in the other boat to come help them. They filled both boats, nearly swamping them with the catch. ⁸Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell to his knees before Jesus. "Master, leave. I'm a sinner and can't handle this holiness. Leave me to myself." When they pulled in that catch of fish, awe overwhelmed Simon and everyone with him. It was the same with James and John, Zebedee's sons, coworkers with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "There is nothing to fear. From now on you'll be fishing for men and women." They pulled their boats up on the beach, left them, nets and all, and followed him. One day in one of the villages there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus he fell down before him in prayer and said, "If you want to, you can cleanse me." Jesus put out his hand, touched him, and said, "I want to. Be clean." Then and there his skin was smooth, the leprosy gone. Jesus instructed him, "Don't talk about this all over town. Just quietly present your healed self to the priest, along with the offering ordered by Moses. Your cleansed and obedient life, not your words, will bear witness to what I have done." But the man couldn't keep it to himself, and the word got out. Soon a large crowd of people had gathered to listen and be healed of their ailments. As often as possible Jesus withdrew to out-of-the-way places for prayer. One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and religion teachers were sitting around. They had come from nearly every village in Galilee and Judea, even as far away as Jerusalem, to be there. The healing power of God was on him. Some men arrived carrying a paraplegic on a stretcher. They were looking for a way to get into the house and set him before Jesus. When they couldn't find a way in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof, removed some tiles, and let him down in the middle of everyone, right in front of Jesus. Impressed by their bold belief, he said, "Friend, I forgive your sins." That set the religion scholars and Pharisees buzzing. "Who does he think he is? That's blasphemous talk! God and only God can forgive sins." Jesus knew exactly what they were thinking and said, "Why all this gossipy whispering? Which is simpler: to say ‘I forgive your sins,' or to say ‘Get up and start walking'? Well, just so it's clear that I'm the Son of Man and authorized to do either, or both...." He now spoke directly to the paraplegic: "Get up. Take your bedroll and go home." Without a moment's hesitation, he did it—got up, took his blanket, and left for home, giving glory to God all the way. The people rubbed their eyes, incredulous—and then also gave glory to God. Awestruck, they said, "We've never seen anything like that!" After this he went out and saw a man named Levi at his work collecting taxes. Jesus said, "Come along with me." And he did—walked away from everything and went with him. Levi gave a large dinner at his home for Jesus. Everybody was there, tax men and other disreputable characters as guests at the dinner. The Pharisees and their religion scholars came to his disciples greatly offended. "What is he doing eating and drinking with crooks and ‘sinners'?" Jesus heard about it and spoke up, "Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? I'm here inviting outsiders, not insiders—an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out." They asked him, "John's disciples are well-known for keeping fasts and saying prayers. Also the Pharisees. But you seem to spend most of your time at parties. Why?" Jesus said, "When you're celebrating a wedding, you don't skimp on the cake and wine. You feast. Later you may need to pull in your belt, but this isn't the time. As long as the bride and groom are with you, you have a good time. When the groom is gone, the fasting can begin. No one throws cold water on a friendly bonfire. This is Kingdom Come! "No one cuts up a fine silk scarf to patch old work clothes; you want fabrics that match. And you don't put wine in old, cracked bottles; you get strong, clean bottles for your fresh vintage wine. And no one who has ever tasted fine aged wine prefers unaged wine." ¹¹Push Out into Deep Water Once when he was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, the crowd was pushing in on him to better hear the Word of God. He noticed two boats tied up. The fishermen had just left them and were out scrubbing their nets. He climbed into the boat that was Simon's and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Sitting there, using the boat for a pulpit, he taught the crowd. When he finished teaching, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water and let your nets out for a catch." Simon said, "Master, we've been fishing hard all night and haven't caught even a minnow. But if you say so, I'll let out the nets." It was no sooner said than done—a huge haul of fish, straining the nets past capacity. They waved to their partners in the other boat to come help them. They filled both boats, nearly swamping them with the catch. Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell to his knees before Jesus. "Master, leave. I'm a sinner and can't handle this holiness. Leave me to myself." When they pulled in that catch of fish, awe overwhelmed Simon and everyone with him. It was the same with James and John, Zebedee's sons, coworkers with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "There is nothing to fear. From now on you'll be fishing for men and women." They pulled their boats up on the beach, left them, nets and all, and followed him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they forsook: Luke 18:28-30, Matthew 4:20, Matthew 10:37, Matthew 19:27, Mark 1:18-25, Mark 10:21, Mark 10:29, Mark 10:30, Philippians 3:7, Philippians 3:8

Reciprocal: Ruth 2:11 - and how Matthew 4:19 - I will Matthew 4:21 - other Luke 5:28 - General Luke 14:33 - General John 21:3 - I go

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they had brought their ships to land,.... Both Simon Peter's, and the other in which his partners were, and which were laden with fish:

they forsook all; even all their fish, which they doubtless might have made much money of, and their nets, and their ships, and their servants, and their relations, and friends:

and followed him; Christ; and became his disciples, even all four of them, Peter, Andrew, James, and John.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forsook all - It was not “much” that they left - a couple of small boats and their nets; but it was all they had, even all their living. But this showed their love of Jesus, and their willingness to deny themselves, as “really” as if they had forsaken palaces and gold. All that Jesus asks is that we should leave “all” we have for him; that we should love him “more” than we do whatever friends or property we may possess, and be willing to give them all up when he requires it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 5:11. They forsook all, and followed him. — God expects this from every person, and especially from those in whose hearts, or in whose behalf, he has wrought a miracle of grace or of providence. Jesus intended to call Peter, James, and John, to become his disciples; and that they might see the propriety and importance of the call, he: -

1st. TEACHES in their presence, that they may know his doctrine.

2dly. He WORKS a MIRACLE before their eyes, that they might see and be convinced of his power.

3dly. He CALLS them to go forth with this doctrine, and through this power, that they might teach the ignorant, and be successful in their work.