Luke 5:6

And having done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net began to break.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 Simon answering said to him: Master, we toiled all night and took nothing; but at thy word I will let down the net.

7And they beckoned to their partners in the other ship, to come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

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Cross References

John 21:6And he said to them: Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast it therefore; and now they were not able to draw it, for the multitude of the fishes.

Acts 2:41They therefore, having received[2:41] his word, were immersed and on that day there were added about three thousand souls.

1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the 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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