Luke 5:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mark 1:19 : 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.
  • Matt 4:21 : 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

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  • Luke 5:3-11
    9 verses
    87%

    3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

    4 And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.

    5 And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

    6 And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

    7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

    8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

    9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

    10 And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

    11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

  • 1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;

  • Mark 1:16-20
    5 verses
    81%

    16 And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

    17 And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

    18 And they went straight from their nets, and came after him.

    19 And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

    20 And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

  • Matt 4:18-22
    5 verses
    80%

    18 And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

    19 And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

    20 And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.

    21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

    22 And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.

  • Matt 13:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.

    2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

  • 22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

  • 6 And he said to them, Let down the net on the right side of the boat and you will get some. So they put it in the water and now they were not able to get it up again because of the great number of fish.

  • John 6:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21 Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.

    22 The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

  • 8 And the other disciples came in the little boat (they were not far from land, only about two hundred cubits off) pulling the net full of fish.

  • 3 Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish.

  • Mark 4:35-36
    2 verses
    77%

    35 And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

    36 And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

  • 13 And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

  • 1 And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

  • John 6:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

    17 And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.

  • Mark 6:47-48
    2 verses
    74%

    47 And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

    48 And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

  • Mark 6:53-54
    2 verses
    74%

    53 And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

    54 And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

  • 1 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.

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    10 Jesus said to them, Get some of the fish which you have now taken.

    11 So Peter went to the boat and came back pulling the net to land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and though there was such a number the net was not broken.

  • 24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

  • 24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

  • 21 And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

  • 45 And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

  • 32 And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

  • 13 And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

  • 19 After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

  • 22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.

  • 9 And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;