1Now 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;
2And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
3And 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.
4And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.
5And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.
6And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;
7And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.