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Luke 5 New American Standard Bible (NASB) The First Disciples 5 Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;2 and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 3 And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people f...Continue reading

Luke 5 Lesson Somebody once said that the 4 most encouraging words you can say to somebody are, I believe in you. Chapter 5 contains a beautiful interaction between Jesus and Simon. Jesus had used Simon’s boat to teach the crowd that had gathered along the shoreline. Simon and the others had been fishing all night but had caught nothing. Jesus asks Simon to go out into deeper water and lower his nets for a catch. Simon’s reaction is particularly important. His firs...Continue reading

Luke 4 New American Standard Bible (NASB) The Temptation of Jesus 4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’...Continue reading

Luke 3 New American Standard Bible (NASB) John the Baptist Preaches 3 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the district ar...Continue reading