LESSON XVIII.
THE TWELVE DISCIPLES.
Mark, i. 16-20.
When Jesus was a man, he began to teach people about his Father. Jesus used to preach.
Where did he preach?
Sometimes he preached to people in a place like a church; sometimes he preached in the fields; sometimes he sat on the top of a hill and preached; and sometimes he sat in a ship, and the people stood by the edge of the water to hear him. Jesus did not always live in the same place: he used to walk about from one place to another.
Did Jesus walk about alone? No; he had twelve friends always with him. He called them his twelve disciples.
How many are twelve? Let us count the little children in this room. Here are twelve. Jesus had just so many disciples.
One was called Peter, and another John, and another James, and another Thomas. I will not tell you the names of all, lest you should forget them.
Peter was a fisherman. He had a little ship, and he used to catch fish in the day and in the night. James and John had another little ship, and they used to catch fish.