1 And it happened that the crowd pressed on Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret.
2 And He saw two boats standing by the lake. But the fishermen had left them and were washing [their] nets.
3 And He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people out of the boat.
4 And as He stopped speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a haul.
5 And answering, Simon said to Him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing. Yet at Your word I will let down the net.
6 And doing this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish. And their net was being torn.
7 And they signaled the partners, those in the other boat, to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.
8 And seeing, Simon Peter fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.
9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the haul of fish which they had taken,
10 and so also [were] James and John, [the] sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Do not fear, from now on you will be taking men alive.
11 And bringing their boats onto land, forsaking all things, they followed Him.