At Your Word

1It happened that while the crowd was pressing in on him and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

2And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen, having gotten out of them, were washing the nets.

3Then he got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water, and let down your nets for a catch.”

5And Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets.”

6And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish, and their nets were tearing.

7So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

8But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, because I am a sinful man, Lord.”

9For astonishment had seized him and all those with him because of the catch of fish that they had taken,

10and likewise also James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people alive.”

11And after bringing the boats to land, they left everything and followed him.