1. Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
2. and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.
3. And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.
4. When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch."