Luke 5:4 - Easy To Read Version Jesus finished speaking. He said to Simon, {\cf2\super [87]} “Take the boat into the deep water. If all of you will put your nets into the water, you will catch some fish.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon (Peter), Put out into the deep [water], and lower your nets for a haul. American Standard Version (1901) And when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Common English Bible When he finished speaking to the crowds, he said to Simon, “Row out farther, into the deep water, and drop your nets for a catch.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Lead us into deep water, and release your nets for a catch." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon: Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. |
But we don’t want to make these tax collectors angry. So \{pay the tax in this way\}: Go to the lake and fish. After you catch the first fish, open the fish’s mouth. Inside its mouth you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that coin and give it to the tax collectors. That will pay the tax for you and me.”
Simon {\cf2\super [88]} answered, “Master, we worked hard all night trying to catch fish, but we caught nothing. But you say I should put the nets into the water; so I will.”
Jesus said, “Throw your net into the water on the right side of your boat. You will find some fish there.” So the followers did this. They caught so many fish that they could not pull the net back into the boat.