¹Factum est autem,Now it happened that,cum turbæ irruerunt in eum ut audirent verbum Dei,when the crowds pressed toward him, so that they might hear the word of God,et ipse stabat secus stagnum Genesareth.he was standing beside the lake of Genesaret.

¹Factum est autem,Now it happened that,cum turbæ irruerunt in eum ut audirent verbum Dei,when the crowds pressed toward him, so that they might hear the word of God,et ipse stabat secus stagnum Genesareth.he was standing beside the lake of Genesaret.

²Et vidit duas naves stantes secus stagnum:And he saw two boats standing beside the lake.piscatores autem descenderant,But the fishermen had climbed down,et lavabant retia.and they were washing their nets.

²Et vidit duas naves stantes secus stagnum:And he saw two boats standing beside the lake.piscatores autem descenderant,But the fishermen had climbed down,et lavabant retia.and they were washing their nets.

³Ascendens autem in unam navim,And so, climbing into one of the boats,quæ erat Simonis,which belonged to Simon,rogavit eum a terra reducere pusillum.he asked him to draw back a little from the land.Et sedens docebat de navicula turbas.And sitting down, he taught the crowds from the boat.

³Ascendens autem in unam navim,And so, climbing into one of the boats,quæ erat Simonis,which belonged to Simon,rogavit eum a terra reducere pusillum.he asked him to draw back a little from the land.Et sedens docebat de navicula turbas.And sitting down, he taught the crowds from the boat.

⁴Ut cessavit autem loqui,Then, when he had ceased speaking,dixit ad Simonem:he said to Simon,Duc in altum, et laxate retia vestra in capturam.“Lead us into deep water, and release your nets for a catch.”

⁴Ut cessavit autem loqui,Then, when he had ceased speaking,dixit ad Simonem:he said to Simon,Duc in altum, et laxate retia vestra in capturam.“Lead us into deep water, and release your nets for a catch.”

⁵Et respondens Simon, dixit illi:And in response, Simon said to him:Præceptor,“Teacher,per totam noctem laborantes nihil cepimus:working throughout the night, we caught nothing.in verbo autem tuo laxabo rete.But on your word, I will release the net.”

⁵Et respondens Simon, dixit illi:And in response, Simon said to him:Præceptor,“Teacher,per totam noctem laborantes nihil cepimus:working throughout the night, we caught nothing.in verbo autem tuo laxabo rete.But on your word, I will release the net.”

⁶Et cum hoc fecissent,And when they had done this,concluserunt piscium multitudinem copiosam: rumpebatur autem rete eorum.they enclosed such a copious multitude of fish that their net was rupturing.

⁶Et cum hoc fecissent,And when they had done this,concluserunt piscium multitudinem copiosam: rumpebatur autem rete eorum.they enclosed such a copious multitude of fish that their net was rupturing.

⁷Et annuerunt sociis,And they signaled to their associates,qui erant in alia navi,who were in the other boat,ut venirent,so that they would comeet adjuvarent eos.and help them.Et venerunt,And they cameet impleverunt ambas naviculas,and filled both boats,ita ut pene mergerentur.so that they were nearly submerged.

⁷Et annuerunt sociis,And they signaled to their associates,qui erant in alia navi,who were in the other boat,ut venirent,so that they would comeet adjuvarent eos.and help them.Et venerunt,And they cameet impleverunt ambas naviculas,and filled both boats,ita ut pene mergerentur.so that they were nearly submerged.

⁸Quod cum videret Simon Petrus,But when Simon Peter had seen this,procidit ad genua Jesu,he fell down at the knees of Jesus,dicens:saying,Exi a me,“Depart from me,quia homo peccator sum,Lord,Domine.for I am a sinful man.”

⁸Quod cum videret Simon Petrus,But when Simon Peter had seen this,procidit ad genua Jesu,he fell down at the knees of Jesus,dicens:saying,Exi a me,“Depart from me,quia homo peccator sum,Lord,Domine.for I am a sinful man.”

⁹Stupor enim circumdederat eum,For astonishment had enveloped him,et omnes qui cum illo erant,and all who were with him,in captura piscium, quam ceperant:at the catch of fish that they had taken.

⁹Stupor enim circumdederat eum,For astonishment had enveloped him,et omnes qui cum illo erant,and all who were with him,in captura piscium, quam ceperant:at the catch of fish that they had taken.

¹⁰similiter autem JacobumNow the same was true of James and John,et Joannem,the sons of Zebedee,filios Zebedæi,who were associates of Simon.qui erant socii Simonis.And Jesus said to Simon:Et ait ad Simonem Jesus:“Do not be afraid.Noli timere:From now on,ex hoc jam homines eris capiens.you will be catching men.”

¹⁰similiter autem JacobumNow the same was true of James and John,et Joannem,the sons of Zebedee,filios Zebedæi,who were associates of Simon.qui erant socii Simonis.And Jesus said to Simon:Et ait ad Simonem Jesus:“Do not be afraid.Noli timere:From now on,ex hoc jam homines eris capiens.you will be catching men.”

¹¹Et subductis ad terram navibus,And having led their boats to land,relictis omnibus,leaving behind everything,secuti sunt eum.they followed him.

¹¹Et subductis ad terram navibus,And having led their boats to land,relictis omnibus,leaving behind everything,secuti sunt eum.they followed him.

¹²Et factum est,And it happened that,cum esset in una civitatum,while he was in a certain city,et ecce vir plenus lepra,behold,et videns Jesum,there was a man full of leprosy who,et procidens in faciem,upon seeing Jesus and falling to his face,rogavit eum,petitioned him,dicens:saying:Domine,“Lord,si vis,if you are willing,potes me mundare.you are able to cleanse me.”

¹²Et factum est,And it happened that,cum esset in una civitatum,while he was in a certain city,et ecce vir plenus lepra,behold,et videns Jesum,there was a man full of leprosy who,et procidens in faciem,upon seeing Jesus and falling to his face,rogavit eum,petitioned him,dicens:saying:Domine,“Lord,si vis,if you are willing,potes me mundare.you are able to cleanse me.”

¹³Et extendens manum,And extending his hand,tetigit eum dicens:he touched him, saying:Volo: mundare.“I am willing.Et confestim lepra discessit ab illo.Be cleansed.” And at once, the leprosy departed from him.

¹³Et extendens manum,And extending his hand,tetigit eum dicens:he touched him, saying:Volo: mundare.“I am willing.Et confestim lepra discessit ab illo.Be cleansed.” And at once, the leprosy departed from him.

¹⁴Et ipse præcepit illi ut nemini diceret: sed,And he instructed him that he should tell no one,Vade,“But go,ostende te sacerdoti,show yourself to the priest,et offer pro emundatione tua,and make the offering for your cleansing,sicut præcepit Moyses,just as Moses has commanded,in testimonium illis.as a testimony for them.”

¹⁴Et ipse præcepit illi ut nemini diceret: sed,And he instructed him that he should tell no one,Vade,“But go,ostende te sacerdoti,show yourself to the priest,et offer pro emundatione tua,and make the offering for your cleansing,sicut præcepit Moyses,just as Moses has commanded,in testimonium illis.as a testimony for them.”

¹⁵Perambulabat autem magis sermo de illo:Yet word of him traveled around all the more.et conveniebant turbæ multæ ut audirent,And great crowds came together,et curarentur ab infirmitatibus suis.so that they might listen and be cured by him from their infirmities.

¹⁵Perambulabat autem magis sermo de illo:Yet word of him traveled around all the more.et conveniebant turbæ multæ ut audirent,And great crowds came together,et curarentur ab infirmitatibus suis.so that they might listen and be cured by him from their infirmities.

¹⁶Ipse autem secedebat in desertum,And he withdrew into the desertet orabat.and prayed.

¹⁶Ipse autem secedebat in desertum,And he withdrew into the desertet orabat.and prayed.

¹⁷Et factum est in una dierum,And it happened,et ipse sedebat docens.on a certain day,Et erant pharisæi sedentes,that he again sat down,et legis doctores,teaching.qui venerant ex omni castello Galilææ,And there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting nearby,et Judææ,who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem.et Jerusalem:And the power of the Lord was present,et virtus Domini erat ad sanandum eos.to heal them.

¹⁷Et factum est in una dierum,And it happened,et ipse sedebat docens.on a certain day,Et erant pharisæi sedentes,that he again sat down,et legis doctores,teaching.qui venerant ex omni castello Galilææ,And there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting nearby,et Judææ,who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem.et Jerusalem:And the power of the Lord was present,et virtus Domini erat ad sanandum eos.to heal them.

¹⁸Et ecce viri portantes in lecto hominem,And behold,qui erat paralyticus:some men were carrying in the bed of a man who was paralyzed.et quærebant eum inferre,And they sought a way to bring him in,et ponere ante eum.and to place him before him.

¹⁸Et ecce viri portantes in lecto hominem,And behold,qui erat paralyticus:some men were carrying in the bed of a man who was paralyzed.et quærebant eum inferre,And they sought a way to bring him in,et ponere ante eum.and to place him before him.

¹⁹Et non invenientes qua parte illum inferrent præ turba,And not finding a way by which they might bring him in, because of the crowd,ascenderunt supra tectum,they climbed up to the roof,et per tegulas summiserunt eum cum lecto in medium ante Jesum.and they let him down through the roof tiles with his bed, into their midst, in front of Jesus.

¹⁹Et non invenientes qua parte illum inferrent præ turba,And not finding a way by which they might bring him in, because of the crowd,ascenderunt supra tectum,they climbed up to the roof,et per tegulas summiserunt eum cum lecto in medium ante Jesum.and they let him down through the roof tiles with his bed, into their midst, in front of Jesus.

²⁰Quorum fidem ut vidit,And when he saw his faith,dixit:he said,Homo,“Man,remittuntur tibi peccata tua.your sins are forgiven you.”

²⁰Quorum fidem ut vidit,And when he saw his faith,dixit:he said,Homo,“Man,remittuntur tibi peccata tua.your sins are forgiven you.”

²¹Et cœperunt cogitare scribæ et pharisæi,And the scribes and Pharisees began to think,dicentes:saying:Quis est hic,“Who is this,qui loquitur blasphemias?who is speaking blasphemies?quis potest dimittere peccata,Who is able to forgive sins,nisi solus Deus?except God alone?”

²¹Et cœperunt cogitare scribæ et pharisæi,And the scribes and Pharisees began to think,dicentes:saying:Quis est hic,“Who is this,qui loquitur blasphemias?who is speaking blasphemies?quis potest dimittere peccata,Who is able to forgive sins,nisi solus Deus?except God alone?”

²²Ut cognovit autem Jesus cogitationes eorum,But when Jesus realized their thoughts,respondens,responding,dixit ad illos:he said to them:Quid cogitatis in cordibus vestris?“What are you thinking in your hearts?

²²Ut cognovit autem Jesus cogitationes eorum,But when Jesus realized their thoughts,respondens,responding,dixit ad illos:he said to them:Quid cogitatis in cordibus vestris?“What are you thinking in your hearts?

²³Quid est facilius dicere:Which is easier to say:Dimittuntur tibi peccata:‘Your sins are forgiven you,’an dicere:or to say,Surge,‘Rise upet ambula?and walk?’

²³Quid est facilius dicere:Which is easier to say:Dimittuntur tibi peccata:‘Your sins are forgiven you,’an dicere:or to say,Surge,‘Rise upet ambula?and walk?’

²⁴Ut autem sciatis quia Filius hominis habet potestatem in terra dimittendi peccata,But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”(ait paralytico) tibi dico,he said to the paralytic, “I say to you to:surge,Rise up,tolle lectum tuum,take up your bed,et vade in domum tuam.and go into your house.”

²⁴Ut autem sciatis quia Filius hominis habet potestatem in terra dimittendi peccata,But so that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”(ait paralytico) tibi dico,he said to the paralytic, “I say to you to:surge,Rise up,tolle lectum tuum,take up your bed,et vade in domum tuam.and go into your house.”

²⁵Et confestim consurgens coram illis,And at once, rising up in their sight,tulit lectum in quo jacebat:he took up the bed on which he was lying,et abiit in domum suam, magnificans Deum.and he went away to his own house, magnifying God.

²⁵Et confestim consurgens coram illis,And at once, rising up in their sight,tulit lectum in quo jacebat:he took up the bed on which he was lying,et abiit in domum suam, magnificans Deum.and he went away to his own house, magnifying God.

²⁶Et stupor apprehendit omnes,And astonishment took hold of everyone,et magnificabant Deum.and they were magnifying God.Et repleti sunt timore,And they were filled with fear,dicentes:saying:Quia vidimus mirabilia hodie.“For we have seen miracles today.”

²⁶Et stupor apprehendit omnes,And astonishment took hold of everyone,et magnificabant Deum.and they were magnifying God.Et repleti sunt timore,And they were filled with fear,dicentes:saying:Quia vidimus mirabilia hodie.“For we have seen miracles today.”

²⁷Et post hæc exiit,And after these things,et vidit publicanum nomine Levi,he went out, and he saw a tax collector named Levi,sedentem ad telonium,sitting at the customs office.et ait illi:And he said to him,Sequere me.“Follow me.”

²⁷Et post hæc exiit,And after these things,et vidit publicanum nomine Levi,he went out, and he saw a tax collector named Levi,sedentem ad telonium,sitting at the customs office.et ait illi:And he said to him,Sequere me.“Follow me.”

²⁸Et relictis omnibus,And leaving behind everything,surgens secutus est eum.rising up, he followed him.

²⁸Et relictis omnibus,And leaving behind everything,surgens secutus est eum.rising up, he followed him.

²⁹Et fecit ei convivium magnum Levi in domo sua:And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house.et erat turba multa publicanorum,And there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others,et aliorum qui cum illis erant discumbentes.who were sitting at table with them.

²⁹Et fecit ei convivium magnum Levi in domo sua:And Levi made a great feast for him in his own house.et erat turba multa publicanorum,And there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others,et aliorum qui cum illis erant discumbentes.who were sitting at table with them.

³⁰Et murmurabant pharisæi et scribæ eorum,But the Pharisees and scribes were murmuring,dicentes ad discipulos ejus:saying to his disciples,Quare cum publicanis et peccatoribus manducatis et bibitis?“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

³⁰Et murmurabant pharisæi et scribæ eorum,But the Pharisees and scribes were murmuring,dicentes ad discipulos ejus:saying to his disciples,Quare cum publicanis et peccatoribus manducatis et bibitis?“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

³¹Et respondens Jesus,And responding,dixit ad illos:Jesus said to them:Non egent qui sani sunt medico,“It is not those who are well who need a doctor,sed qui male habent.but those who have maladies.

³¹Et respondens Jesus,And responding,dixit ad illos:Jesus said to them:Non egent qui sani sunt medico,“It is not those who are well who need a doctor,sed qui male habent.but those who have maladies.

³²Non veni vocare justos,I have not come to call the just,sed peccatores ad pœnitentiam.but sinners to repentance.”

³²Non veni vocare justos,I have not come to call the just,sed peccatores ad pœnitentiam.but sinners to repentance.”

³³At illi dixerunt ad eum:But they said to him,Quare discipuli Joannis jejunant frequenter,“Why do the disciples of John fast frequently,et obsecrationes faciunt,and make supplications,similiter et pharisæorum:and those of the Pharisees act similarly,tui autem edunt et bibunt?while yours eat and drink?”

³³At illi dixerunt ad eum:But they said to him,Quare discipuli Joannis jejunant frequenter,“Why do the disciples of John fast frequently,et obsecrationes faciunt,and make supplications,similiter et pharisæorum:and those of the Pharisees act similarly,tui autem edunt et bibunt?while yours eat and drink?”

³⁴Quibus ipse ait:And he said to them:Numquid potestis filios sponsi,“How can you cause the sons of the groom to fast,dum cum illis est sponsus, facere jejunare?while the groom is still with them?

³⁴Quibus ipse ait:And he said to them:Numquid potestis filios sponsi,“How can you cause the sons of the groom to fast,dum cum illis est sponsus, facere jejunare?while the groom is still with them?

³⁵Venient autem dies,But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them,cum ablatus fuerit ab illis sponsus:and then they will fast,tunc jejunabunt in illis diebus.in those days.”

³⁵Venient autem dies,But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them,cum ablatus fuerit ab illis sponsus:and then they will fast,tunc jejunabunt in illis diebus.in those days.”

³⁶Dicebat autem et similitudinem ad illos:Then he also made a comparison for them:Quia nemo commissuram a novo vestimento immittit in vestimentum vetus:“For no one sews a patch from a new garment onto an old garment. Otherwise,alioquin et novum rumpit,he both disrupts the new one,et veteri non convenit commissura a novo.and the patch from the new one does not join together with the old one.

³⁶Dicebat autem et similitudinem ad illos:Then he also made a comparison for them:Quia nemo commissuram a novo vestimento immittit in vestimentum vetus:“For no one sews a patch from a new garment onto an old garment. Otherwise,alioquin et novum rumpit,he both disrupts the new one,et veteri non convenit commissura a novo.and the patch from the new one does not join together with the old one.

³⁷Et nemo mittit vinum novum in utres veteres:And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise,alioquin rumpet vinum novum utres,the new wine ruptures the wineskins,et ipsum effundetur,and it will be poured out,et utres peribunt:and the wineskins will be lost.

³⁷Et nemo mittit vinum novum in utres veteres:And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise,alioquin rumpet vinum novum utres,the new wine ruptures the wineskins,et ipsum effundetur,and it will be poured out,et utres peribunt:and the wineskins will be lost.

³⁸sed vinum novum in utres novos mittendum est,Instead, the new wine is put into new wineskins,et utraque conservantur.and both are preserved.

³⁸sed vinum novum in utres novos mittendum est,Instead, the new wine is put into new wineskins,et utraque conservantur.and both are preserved.

³⁹Et nemo bibens vetus,And no one who is drinking the old,statim vult novum:soon wishes for the new.dicit enim:For he says,Vetus melius est.‘The old is better.’”

³⁹Et nemo bibens vetus,And no one who is drinking the old,statim vult novum:soon wishes for the new.dicit enim:For he says,Vetus melius est.‘The old is better.’”