1 Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around him and hearing the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,
2 and he saw two boats there beside 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 from the land a little. And he sat down and began to teach the crowds from the boat.
4 And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 And Simon answered and said, “Master, although we worked hard through the whole night, we caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets.”