Simon Peter said to the others, "I am going fishing." "We will come with you," they told him. So they went out in a boat, but all that night they did not catch a thing.

and stayed and worked with them, because he earned his living by making tents, just as they did.

You yourselves know that I have worked with these hands of mine to provide everything that my companions and I have needed.

I have shown you in all things that by working hard in this way we must help the weak, remembering the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, 'There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.' "

Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to work for our living?

Surely you remember, our friends, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you the Good News from God.

We did not accept anyone's support without paying for it. Instead, we worked and toiled; we kept working day and night so as not to be an expense to any of you.

Well, religion does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.