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Luke 5 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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1 And it came to pass, that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret.
1 Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
1 Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ τὸν ὄχλον ἐπικεῖσθαι αὐτῷ τοῦ ἀκούειν τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ἑστὼς παρὰ τὴν λίμνην Γεννησαρέτ,
2 And saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing [their] nets.
2 He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
2 καὶ εἶδε δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην· οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀποβάντες ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀπέπλυναν τὰ δίκτυα.
3 And he entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the boat.
3 He 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.
3 ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων, ὃ ἦν τοῦ Σίμωνος, ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον· καὶ καθίσας ἐδίδασκεν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου τοὺς ὄχλους.
4 Now when he had left speaking, he said to Simon, Lanch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
4 ὡς δὲ ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα· ἐπανάγαγε εἰς τὸ βάθος καὶ χαλάσατε τὰ δίκτυα ὑμῶν εἰς ἄγραν.
5 And Simon answering said to him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.
5 Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”
5 καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Σίμων εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐπιστάτα, δι᾽ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς κοπιάσαντες οὐδὲν ἐλάβομεν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ῥήματί σου χαλάσω τὸ δίκτυον.
6 And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke.
6 When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.
6 καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες συνέκλεισαν πλῆθος ἰχθύων πολύ· διερρήγνυτο δὲ τὸ δίκτυον αὐτῶν.
7 And they beckoned to [their] partners, who were in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
7 They 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.
7 καὶ κατένευσαν τοῖς μετόχοις τοῖς ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ πλοίῳ τοῦ ἐλθόντας συλλαβέσθαι αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἦλθον καὶ ἔπλησαν ἀμφότερα τὰ πλοῖα, ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά.
8 When Simon Peter saw [it] , he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”
8 ἰδὼν δὲ Σίμων Πέτρος προσέπεσε τοῖς γόνασιν Ἰησοῦ λέγων· ἔξελθε ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός εἰμι, Κύριε·
9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
9 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;
9 θάμβος γὰρ περιέσχεν αὐτὸν καὶ πάντας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἄγρᾳ τῶν ἰχθύων ᾗ συνέλαβον,
10 And so [was] also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not: from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”
10 ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην, υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου, οἳ ἦσαν κοινωνοὶ τῷ Σίμωνι. καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα ὁ Ἰησοῦς· μὴ φοβοῦ· ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν.
11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
11 καὶ καταγαγόντες τὰ πλοῖα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀφέντες ἅπαντα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus, fell on [his] face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
12 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.”
12 Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ πλήρης λέπρας· καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Ἰησοῦν, πεσὼν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ λέγων· Κύριε, ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.
13 And he put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will: Be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
13 He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.
13 καὶ ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ἥψατο αὐτοῦ εἰπών· θέλω, καθαρίσθητι. καὶ εὐθέως ἡ λέπρα ἀπῆλθεν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ.
14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded for a testimony to them.
14 He 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.”
14 καὶ αὐτὸς παρήγγειλεν αὐτῷ μηδενὶ εἰπεῖν, ἀλλὰ ἀπελθὼν δεῖξον σεαυτὸν τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ προσένεγκε περὶ τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ σου καθὼς προσέταξε Μωϋσῆς εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.
15 But so much the more a fame of him went abroad: and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
15 But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
15 διήρχετο δὲ μᾶλλον ὁ λόγος περὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνήρχοντο ὄχλοι πολλοὶ ἀκούειν καὶ θεραπεύεσθαι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀσθενειῶν αὐτῶν·
16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
16 But he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.
16 αὐτὸς δὲ ἦν ὑποχωρῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις καὶ προσευχόμενος.
17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was [present] to heal them.
17 On one of those days, 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 them.
17 Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν μιᾷ τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν διδάσκων, καὶ ἦσαν καθήμενοι Φαρισαῖοι καὶ νομοδιδάσκαλοι οἳ ἦσαν ἐληλυθότες ἐκ πάσης κώμης τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ Ἰουδαίας καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ δύναμις Κυρίου ἦν εἰς τὸ ἰᾶσθαι αὐτούς.
18 And behold, men brought in a bed a man who was taken with the palsy: and they sought [means] to bring him in, and to lay [him] before him.
18 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
18 καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες φέροντες ἐπὶ κλίνης ἄνθρωπον ὃς ἦν παραλελυμένος, καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν εἰσενεγκεῖν καὶ θεῖναι ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
19 And when they could not find by what [way] they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went upon the house-top, and let him down through the tiling with [his] couch, into the midst before Jesus.
19 Not 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 middle before Jesus.
19 καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες ποίας εἰσενέγκωσιν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸν ὄχλον, ἀναβάντες ἐπὶ τὸ δῶμα διὰ τῶν κεράμων καθῆκαν αὐτὸν σὺν τῷ κλινιδίῳ εἰς τὸ μέσον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
20 And when he saw their faith, he said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
20 Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
20 καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἄνθρωπε, ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?
21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
21 καὶ ἤρξαντο διαλογίζεσθαι οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι λέγοντες· τίς ἐστιν οὗτος ὃς λαλεῖ βλασφημίας; τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ μόνος ὁ Θεός;
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering, said to them, What reason ye in your hearts?
22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
22 ἐπιγνοὺς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· τί διαλογίζεσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν;
23 Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Rise and walk?
23 Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’?
23 τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν, ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου, ἢ εἰπεῖν, ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει;
24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, He said to the sick with the palsy, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thy house.
24 But 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, take up your cot, and go to your house.”
24 ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας — εἶπε τῷ παραλελυμένῳ· σοὶ λέγω, ἔγειρε καὶ ἄρας τὸ κλινίδιόν σου πορεύου εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου.
25 And immediately he arose before them, and took up that on which he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
25 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
25 καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀναστὰς ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν, ἄρας ἐφ᾽ ὃ κατέκειτο ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ δοξάζων τὸν Θεόν.
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.
26 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”
26 καὶ ἔκστασις ἔλαβεν ἅπαντας καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν Θεόν, καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν φόβου λέγοντες ὅτι εἴδομεν παράδοξα σήμερον.
27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him, Follow me.
27 After these things he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”
27 Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἐθεάσατο τελώνην ὀνόματι Λευΐν, καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀκολούθει μοι.
28 And he left all, arose, and followed him.
28 He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
28 καὶ καταλιπὼν ἅπαντα ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others that sat down with them.
29 Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
29 καὶ ἐποίησε δοχὴν μεγάλην Λευῒς αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦν ὄχλος τελωνῶν πολὺς καὶ ἄλλων οἳ ἦσαν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν κατακείμενοι.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
30 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”
30 καὶ ἐγόγγυζον οἱ γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· διατί μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίετε καὶ πίνετε;
31 And Jesus answering, said to them, They that are well need not a physician; but they that are sick.
31 Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
31 καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ὑγιαίνοντες ἰατροῦ, ἀλλ᾽ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες·
32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
32 οὐκ ἐλήλυθα καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν.
33 And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
33 They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”
33 Οἱ δὲ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν· διατί οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου νηστεύουσι πυκνὰ καὶ δεήσεις ποιοῦνται, ὁμοίως καὶ οἱ τῶν Φαρισαίων, οἱ δὲ σοὶ ἐσθίουσι καὶ πίνουσιν;
34 And he said to them, Can ye make the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
34 He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
34 ὁ δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· μὴ δύνασθε τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ νυμφῶνος, ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐστι, ποιῆσαι νηστεύειν;
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.
35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”
35 ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι, καὶ ὅταν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὁ νυμφίος, τότε νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
36 And he spoke also a parable to them: No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old: if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was [taken] out of the new, agreeth not with the old.
36 He also told a parable to them. “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.
36 ἔλεγε δὲ καὶ παραβολὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἐπίβλημα ἱματίου καινοῦ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπὶ ἱμάτιον παλαιόν· εἰ δὲ μήγε, καὶ τὸ καινὸν σχίσει καὶ τῷ παλαιῷ οὐ συμφωνεῖ τὸ ἐπίβλημα τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ καινοῦ.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles will perish.
37 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.
37 καὶ οὐδεὶς βάλλει οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς· εἰ δὲ μήγε, ῥήξει ὁ οἶνος ὁ νέος τοὺς ἀσκούς, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκχυθήσεται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοὶ ἀπολοῦνται·
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved.
38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
38 ἀλλὰ οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινοὺς βλητέον, καὶ ἀμφότεροι συντηροῦνται.
39 No man also having drank old [wine] , immediately desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
39 No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”
39 καὶ οὐδεὶς πιὼν παλαιὸν εὐθέως θέλει νέον· λέγει γάρ· ὁ παλαιὸς χρηστότερός ἐστιν.
Cross references (39)
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- 1 Mark 1:16–20; Matthew 4:18–22; Mark 3:9; Matthew 14:34; Mark 6:53
- 2 Mark 1:19; Matthew 4:21
- 3 Matthew 4:18; Matthew 13:1–2; John 1:41–42; Mark 4:1–2; John 8:2
- 4 John 21:6; Matthew 17:27
- 5 John 2:5; John 15:14; Luke 6:46–48; 2 Kings 5:10–14; Ezekiel 37:4–7
- 6 John 21:6–11; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Ecclesiastes 11:6; 2 Kings 4:3–7; Galatians 6:9
- 7 Galatians 6:2; Philippians 4:3; Acts 11:25; Romans 16:2–4; Exodus 23:5
- 8 Isaiah 6:5; Revelation 1:17; Job 42:5–6; Job 40:4; Judges 13:22
- 9 Psalm 8:8; Mark 9:6; Luke 4:32; Psalm 8:6; Luke 4:36
- 10 Matthew 4:19; Matthew 13:47; Ezekiel 47:9–10; Mark 1:17; Luke 5:7
- 11 Matthew 4:20; Luke 18:28–30; Matthew 19:27; Mark 10:21; Luke 5:28
- 12 Psalm 50:15; Matthew 8:2–4; Luke 17:16; Matthew 9:28; Mark 1:40–45
- 13 Matthew 9:29–30; John 4:50–53; 2 Kings 5:14; Ezekiel 36:29; Ezekiel 36:25–27
- 14 Leviticus 14:2–32; Luke 17:14; Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44; Leviticus 13:2
- 15 Matthew 15:30–31; Luke 12:1; Matthew 4:23–25; Matthew 9:26; Mark 1:45–2:2
- 16 Mark 1:35–36; Luke 6:12; Matthew 14:23; Mark 6:46; John 6:15
- 17 Luke 6:19; Luke 8:46; Acts 19:11; Matthew 11:5; Mark 5:30
- 18 Matthew 9:2–8; Mark 2:3–12; John 5:5–6; Acts 9:33
- 19 Mark 2:4; Matthew 10:27; Matthew 24:17; Deuteronomy 22:8; 2 Samuel 11:2
- 20 Acts 14:9; Matthew 9:2; Colossians 3:13; James 2:18; Luke 7:48
- 21 Isaiah 43:25; Mark 2:6–7; Acts 6:11–13; Luke 7:49; John 10:33
- 22 Matthew 9:4; Acts 5:3; Luke 24:38; Matthew 12:25; Mark 8:17
- 23 Mark 2:9; Matthew 9:5
- 24 Isaiah 53:11; Acts 9:40; Acts 14:10; Revelation 1:13; Acts 9:34
- 25 Psalm 107:20–22; Psalm 103:1–3; John 9:24; Psalm 33:9; Psalm 50:23
- 26 Matthew 9:8; Jeremiah 33:9; Acts 4:21; Matthew 12:23; Mark 2:12
- 27 Mark 2:13–22; Matthew 9:9–17; Mark 3:18; Matthew 10:3; John 1:43
- 28 Luke 5:11; 1 Kings 19:19–21; Matthew 19:22–27; Luke 9:59–62
- 29 Mark 2:15; 1 Corinthians 10:27; Luke 15:1; Matthew 9:10; John 12:2
- 30 Acts 23:9; Luke 15:1–2; Matthew 21:28–32; Luke 7:29–30; Luke 19:7
- 31 Mark 2:17; Matthew 9:12–13; Jeremiah 8:22
- 32 Luke 19:10; Luke 15:10; 1 Timothy 1:15–16; Luke 15:7; Acts 3:19
- 33 Matthew 9:14–17; Mark 2:18–22; John 3:25; Romans 10:2–3; Luke 18:12
- 34 John 3:29; Matthew 25:1–10; Revelation 19:7–9; Song of Songs 5:8; Song of Songs 2:6–7
- 35 Acts 14:23; Luke 17:22; John 16:4–7; Acts 3:21; Isaiah 22:12
- 36 Matthew 9:16–17; Mark 2:21–22; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:11
- 37 Psalm 119:83; Joshua 9:13; Joshua 9:4
- 38 Hebrews 8:8–13; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ezekiel 36:26; Revelation 21:5; Galatians 5:1–6
- 39 Hebrews 11:39; Jeremiah 6:16; Romans 4:11–12; Mark 7:7–13; Hebrews 11:1–2
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But that the Lord came as the physician of the sick, He does Himself declare saying, "They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." How then shall the sick be strengthened, or how shall sinners come to repentance?
There the multitude of fishes caught was so great, that the two vessels were filled and began to sink, that is, were weighed down to the point of sinking; for they did not actually sink, but were in extreme jeopardy.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
So Peter too said, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man;" because of this he became a foundation of the Church.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… Father at one time the Founder of the world, and at another Him who is above this one, as He does Himself declare: "No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old one, nor do they put new wine into old bottles." Let these men, therefore, either have nothing whatever to do with the prophets, as with …
Let me, as far as I am able, do that which was praised in those who opened the roof, and let down the sick of the palsy before Christ; that He might say unto him, "Son, be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee." For it was so that He made the inner man whole of his palsy, by …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)