Matthew 4:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

Walking

Matthew 1:16

Luke 5:2

Two

For

General references

1 Corinthians 1:27

Bible References

Walking

and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

Two

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

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

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.

One of Jesus' disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

For

Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

The Lord's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.

Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen; he was near the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his robe over him.

He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

Amos replied to Amaziah, "I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

General references

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.