1 One day Jesus was standing beside Lake Galilee. Many people were pressing all around him. They wanted to hear the word of God.
2 Jesus saw two boats at the shore of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
3 Jesus got into one of the boats, the one which belonged to Simon. Jesus asked Simon to push off a little from the land. Then Jesus sat down in the boat and continued to teach the people on the shore.
4 When Jesus had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Take the boat into deep water. If you will put your nets in the water, you will catch some fish.”
5 Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night trying to catch fish, but we caught nothing. But you say to put the nets in the water; so I will.”
6 The fishermen did as Jesus told them. And they caught so many fish that the nets began to break.