(SEE 1:12)

This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit.

He saw two boats pulled up on the beach; the fishermen had left them and were washing the nets.

Jesus left there and went along by Lake Galilee. He climbed a hill and sat down.

It will then go south to Harbel, east of Ain, and on to the hills on the eastern shore of Lake Galilee,

On the west their territory extended to the Jordan River, from Lake Galilee in the north down to the Dead Sea in the south and to the foot of Mount Pisgah on the east.

One day Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret while the people pushed their way up to him to listen to the word of God.

After this, Jesus went across Lake Galilee (or, Lake Tiberias, as it is also called).

After this, Jesus appeared once more to his disciples at Lake Tiberias. This is how it happened.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee;

Simon (whom he named Peter) and his brother Andrew; James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

One of them was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

Then he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "Your name is Simon son of John, but you will be called Cephas." (This is the same as Peter and means "a rock.")

Another one of his disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter's brother, said,

One day while Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, he led the flock across the desert and came to Sinai, the holy mountain.

Now I am sending you to the king of Egypt so that you can lead my people out of his country."

Then the LORD's angel came to the village of Ophrah and sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was threshing some wheat secretly in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him.

The LORD's angel appeared to him there and said, "The LORD is with you, brave and mighty man!"

Elijah left and found Elisha plowing with a team of oxen; there were eleven teams ahead of him, and he was plowing with the last one. Elijah took off his cloak and put it on Elisha.

Then Elisha went to his team of oxen, killed them, and cooked the meat, using the yoke as fuel for the fire. He gave the meat to the people, and they ate it. Then he went and followed Elijah as his helper.

He chose his servant David; he took him from the pastures,

David took care of them with unselfish devotion and led them with skill.

Amos answered, "I am not the kind of prophet who prophesies for pay. I am a herdsman, and I take care of fig trees.

But the LORD took me from my work as a shepherd and ordered me to come and prophesy to his people Israel.

God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful.

This means that no one can boast in God's presence.