Bible in Basic English
"Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;"
— Luke 5:1, Bible in Basic English
“And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,”
“Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; ”
“Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.”
“The Call of the Disciples Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.”
“And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth,”
Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;
And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.
And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.