Jesus Calls the First Disciples

As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

And as he sat at dinner in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

The Question about Fasting

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

Pronouncement about the Sabbath

One Sabbath he was going through the grain fields, and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

A Multitude at the Seaside

Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him;

He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him,

he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth

He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late;

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples to set before the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.

Jesus Walks on the Water

Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.

So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders but eat with defiled hands?”

When he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Feeding the Four Thousand

In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, he called his disciples and said to them,

His disciples replied, “How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?”

Then he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute, and they distributed them to the crowd.

And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

Now the disciples had forgotten to bring any bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

Peter’s Declaration about Jesus

Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”

He called the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.