Luke 5:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
  • 2 Kgs 4:3-7 : 3 Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them. 4 Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones. 5 So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them. 6 And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped. 7 So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.
  • John 21:6-9 : 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. 7 So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea. 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. 9 When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish cooking on it, and bread. 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.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

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  • Luke 5:7-11
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    7And 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.

    8But 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.

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

    10And 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.

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

  • John 21:6-11
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    6And 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.

    7So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.

    8And 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.

    9When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish cooking on it, and bread.

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

    11So 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.

  • Luke 5:2-5
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    2And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

    3And 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.

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

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

  • John 21:3
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    3Simon 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 1:16-20
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    16And 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.

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

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

    19And 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.

    20And 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 4:18-21
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    18And 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.

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

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

    21And 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.

  • Mark 6:43
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    43And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.

  • Mark 8:7
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    7And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.

  • John 6:16-17
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    16When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

    17And 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.

  • Matt 13:47-48
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    47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

    48When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.

  • Mark 6:53-54
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    53And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

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

  • Hab 1:15
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    15He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.

  • Jonah 1:13
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    13And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

  • Mark 6:38
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    38And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

  • John 6:19
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    19After 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.

  • Luke 8:22-23
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    22Now 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.

    23But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

  • Mark 6:48
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    48And 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 6:41
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    41And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

  • John 6:11-12
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    11Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.

    12And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

  • Mark 4:37
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    37And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

  • John 6:21-22
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    21Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.

    22The 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.

  • Matt 17:27
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    27But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

  • Luke 9:16
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    16And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

  • John 21:13
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    13Then Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish in the same way.

  • Luke 9:13
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    13But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.