Luke 5:6

And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was tearing.

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In The King James Version

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

In Context

5And having answered, Simon said to him, Master, having toiled through the whole night, we took nothing, but at thy saying, I will let down the net.

7And they beckoned to their partners in the other boat, after coming, to assist them. And they came and filled both the boats, so as for them to be sunk down.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:3Then he said, Go, borrow for thee vessels abroad from all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

John 21:6And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye will find. Therefore they cast, and they were no longer able to draw it for the magnitude of fishes.

Acts 2:41Indeed therefore those who received his word gladly, were immersed. And there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:2-12

The Call of Peter, James, and John. 1 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, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into… Read the whole commentary →

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