Luke 5:1-11
5 Then one day while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, (that is the Sea of Galilee), and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 2 he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. 8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
9 For he and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken; 10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” 11 When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
15 Let me remind you, brothers and sisters, about the good news which I proclaimed to you. You received this good news, and you’re standing firm on it, 2 and you are saved through it, if you hold fast the message I announced to you—unless it was for nothing that you believed!
3 What I handed on to you as of first importance, you see, was what I received, namely this: “That Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures; 4 he was buried; he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures; 5 he was seen by Peter, then by the Twelve; 6 then he was seen by over five hundred brothers and sisters at once, most of whom are still with us, though some have passed on; 7 then he was seen by James, then by all the apostles; 8 and, last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.”
9 I am the least of the apostles, you see. In fact, I don’t really deserve to be called an “apostle” at all, because I persecuted the Church of God! 10 But I am what I am because of God’s grace, and God’s grace to me wasn’t for nothing. On the contrary. I worked harder than all of them—though it wasn’t me, but God’s grace which was with me. 11 Whether it was I or them, so we preached and so you have come to believe.
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