Then Simon answered, and said unto him, [a]Master, we have travailed sore all night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

And when they had so done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, so that their net brake.

And they beckoned to their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them, who came then, and filled both the ships, that they did sink.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:5 The word signifieth him that hath rule over anything.

Simon answered, “Master,(A) we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything.(B) But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.(C) So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

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