Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night.
“Master,” Simon replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down again.”
At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples couldn’t see who he was.
Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was.
You know that these hands of mine have worked to supply my own needs and even the needs of those who were with me.
It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to work to support ourselves?
Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.