"I am going fishing." "We will come with you," said the others. They went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
"We have been hard at work all night, Sir," answered Simon, "and have not caught anything, but, at your bidding, I will throw out the nets."
Just as day was breaking, Jesus came and stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was he.
And, since their trade was the same as his, he stayed and worked with them--their trade was tent-making.
You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also.
Therefore neither the man who plants, nor the man who waters, is of any account, but only God who causes the growth.
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?
You will not have forgotten, Brothers, our labor and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God's Good News.