<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles &#8211;i>b>p>

As the night was ending,<n id="1" /> Jesus came to them walking on the sea.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">As<n id="1" /> he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

But<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?&#8221; Then he got up and rebuked<n id="2" /> the winds and the sea,<n id="3" /> and it was dead calm.

And the men<n id="1" /> were amazed and said,<n id="2" /> &#8220;What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.

When<n id="1" /> the disciples saw him walking on the water<n id="2" /> they were terrified and said, &#8220;It&#8217;s a ghost!&#8221; and cried out with fear.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

And he said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Go!&#8221; So<n id="2" /> they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,<n id="1" /> it would be better for him to have a huge millstone<n id="2" /> hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Woe to you, experts in the law<n id="1" /> and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert,<n id="2" /> and when you get one,<n id="3" /> you make him twice as much a child of hell<n id="4" /> as yourselves!p>

But so that we don&#8217;t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin.<n id="1" /> Take that and give it to them for me and you.&#8221;p>

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered them, &#8220;I tell you the truth,<n id="2" /> if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, &#8216;Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,&#8217; it will happen.