The First Disciples (Matthew 4:18–22; Mark 1:16–20; John 1:35–42)
1 TNT It came to passe as the people preased vpon him to heare the worde of God that he stoode by the lake of Genezareth: BSB BSB: On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
2 TNT and sawe two shippes stonde by the lake syde but the fisshermen were gone out of the and were wasshynge their nettes. BSB BSB: He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
3 TNT And he entred in to one of the shippes which perteyned to Simon and prayed him that he wolde thrust out a litell from the londe. And he sate doune and taught the people out of the ship. BSB BSB: Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.
4 TNT When he had leeft speakynge he sayde vnto Simon: Launche out in to the depe and let slippe youre nettes to make a draught BSB BSB: When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 TNT And Simon answered and sayde to him: Master we have labored all nyght and have taken nothinge. Neverthelater at thy worde I will loose forthe the net. BSB BSB: “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
6 TNT And when they had so done they inclosed a greate multitude of fisshes. And their net brake: BSB BSB: When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.
7 TNT but they made signes to their felowes which were in the other ship that they shuld come and helpe the And they came: and filled bothe the shippes that they soncke agayne. BSB BSB: 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.
9 TNT For he was vtterly astonyed and all that were with him at the draught of fisshe which they toke: BSB BSB: For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,
10 TNT and so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of zebede which were parteners with Simon. And Iesus sayde vnto Simon: feare not from hence forthe thou shalt catche men. BSB BSB: 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.”
11 TNT And they brought the shippes to londe and forsoke all and folowed him. BSB BSB: And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
The Leper’s Prayer (Leviticus 14:1–32; Matthew 8:1–4; Mark 1:40–45)
12 TNT And it fortuned as he was in a certayne cite: beholde ther was a man full of leprosy: and when he had spied Iesus he fell on his face and besought him sayinge: Lorde yf thou wilt thou canst make me cleane. BSB BSB: While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
13 TNT And he strethed forth the hond and touched him sayinge: I will be thou cleane. And immediatly the leprosy departed from him. BSB BSB: Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
14 TNT And he warned him that he shuld tell no man: but that he shuld goo and shewe him selfe to the Preste and offer for his clensynge accordinge as Moses commaundement was for a witnes vnto them. BSB BSB: “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
15 TNT But so moche the moare went ther a fame abroade of him and moche people cam to geder to heare and to be healed of him of their infirmities. BSB BSB: But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
16 TNT And he kepte him silfe aparte in the wildernesses and gave him silfe to prayer. BSB BSB: Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
Jesus Heals a Paralytic (Matthew 9:1–8; Mark 2:1–12)
17 TNT And it happened on a certayne daye that he taught: and ther sate the pharises: and docturs of lawe which were come out of all the tounes of Galile Iurie and Hierusalem. And the power of the Lorde was to heale them. BSB BSB: One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
18 TNT And beholde me brought a man lyinge in his beed which was taken with a palsie: and sought meanes to brynge him in and to laye him before him. BSB BSB: Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,
19 TNT And when they coulde not finde by what waye they might bringe him in be cause of the prease they wet vp on the toppe of the housse and let him doune thorowe the tylinge beed and all in the middes before Iesus. BSB BSB: but they could not find a way through the crowd. So 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.
20 TNT When he sawe their fayth he sayde vnto him: man thy synnes are forgeven the. BSB BSB: When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21 TNT And the Scribes and the Parises begane to thinke sayinge: What felow is this which speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgeve synnes but God only? BSB BSB: But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22 TNT When Iesus perceaved their thoughtes he answered and sayde vnto them: What thinke ye in youre hertes? BSB BSB: Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
23 TNT Whether is easyar to saye thy synnes are forgeve the or to saye: rise and walke? BSB BSB: Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
24 TNT But that ye maye knowe that the sonne of man hath power to forgeve synnes on erth he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsie: I saye to the aryse take vp thy beed and go home to thy housse. BSB BSB: But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
25 TNT And immediatly he rose vp before them and toke vp his beed where on he laye and departed to his awne housse praysinge God. BSB BSB: And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
26 TNT And they were all amased and they lauded God and were filled with feare sayinge: We have sene straunge thynges to daye. BSB BSB: Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew 9:9–13; Mark 2:13–17)
27 TNT And after that he went forthe and sawe a Publican named Levi sittinge at the receyte of custome and sayde vnto him: folow me. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
28 TNT And he leeft all roose vp and folowed him. BSB BSB: and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
29 TNT And that same Levi made him a greate feaste at home in his awne housse. And ther was a greate company of publicans and of other that sate at meate with him. BSB BSB: Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
30 TNT And the Scribes and Pharises murmured agaynst his disciples sayinge: Why eate ye and drinke ye with publicans and synners? BSB BSB: But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 TNT Iesus answered and sayde vnto the: They that are whole nede not of the phisicion: but they that are sicke. BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
32 TNT I came not to call the rightewes but synners to repentaunce. BSB BSB: I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Questions about Fasting (Matthew 9:14–15; Mark 2:18–20)
33 TNT Then they sayde vnto him: Why do the disciples of Iohn fast often and praye and the disciples of the Pharises also: and thine eate and drinke? BSB BSB: Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
34 TNT And he sayde vnto them: Can ye make the chyldren of the weddinge fast as longe as the brydgrome is present with them? BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
35 TNT The dayes will come when the brydgrome shalbe take awaye from them: then shall they fast in those dayes BSB BSB: But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
The Patches and the Wineskins (Matthew 9:16–17; Mark 2:21–22)
36 TNT Then he spake vnto them in a similitude: No man putteth a pece of a newe garment in to an olde vesture: for yf he do: then breaketh he the newe and the pece that was taken out of the newe agreeth not with the olde. BSB BSB: He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
37 TNT Also no man poureth newe wyne into olde vessels. For yf he do the newe wyne breaketh the vessels and runneth out it silfe and the vessels perisshe: BSB BSB: And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
38 TNT But newe wyne must be poured into newe vessels and bothe are preserved. BSB BSB: Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
39 TNT Also no man that drinketh olde wine strayght waye can awaye with newe for he sayeth the olde is plesauter. BSB BSB: And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”