Did Jesus work for a living?
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Jesus first words recorded in the bible was
- dont you know i must be about my fathers business) .
- Jesus came to do the work of the Father. To bring us back to Him and in a personal relationship with the Father. I have never found in English translation were he actually did labor as your asking but it does state He worked with wood.
- My personal answer ,i speak as a man. Is yes He did work to help His family because God with us wanted us to know He related with our life from child to death He was perfect and we were not. I also know that while growing up there custom was to paid taxes in several ways but i dont know much on this subject.
- Now to lineup Jesus first words,his last words on the cross for us was it is finished. John:19. This is the beginning of Christian walk who believe on Him in all ways.
- John:20 peace be with you. Peace is founded on finished work.
- John:21 three times He asked Peter (for us also)do u love Me?
- John 21: you follow me.
Yes Jesus did work,one of true love that was the greatest gifts(Grace) of all time and that will ever be. John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. So did Jesus work for a living. Yes he taught us what True labor is that is to work as fishers of men. To lay down our life for God and our Brothers. Praise be to God and Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior for ever and ever. Amein
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In the Vulgata, Mark 6:3 reads:
Nonne hic est faber, filius Mariæ, frater Jacobi, et Joseph, et Judæ, et Simonis? nonne et sorores ejus hic nobiscum sunt? Et scandalizabantur in illo.
The first verse is usually translated as:
Isn't this the carpenter?
Similarly, in Mark 13:55 we read:
Nonne hic est fabri filius? nonne mater ejus dicitur Maria, et fratres ejus, Jacobus, et Joseph, et Simon, et Judas?
The first phrase is commonly translated as:
Isn't this the carpenter's son?
In effect, the Catholic tradition interprets the profession of Jesus' putative father, Joseph, as carpenter. As the respective entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia states;
St. Joseph, indeed, was a tekton, as we learn from Matthew 13:55, and Mark 6:3. The word means both mechanic in general and carpenter in particular; St. Justin vouches for the latter sense (Dialogue with Trypho 88), and tradition has accepted this interpretation, which is followed in the English Bible.
There is also reference to Joseph's profession is several apocrypha. For instance, the "Story of Joseph the Carpenter" states:
He was, besides, skilful in his trade, which was that of a carpenter
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in numeral 2427, when referring to the dignity of work, states:
Human work proceeds directly from persons created in the image of God and called to prolong the work of creation by subduing the earth, both with and for one another. Hence work is a duty: "If any one will not work, let him not eat." Work honors the Creator's gifts and the talents received from him. It can also be redemptive. By enduring the hardship of work in union with Jesus, the carpenter of Nazareth and the one crucified on Calvary, man collaborates in a certain fashion with the Son of God in his redemptive work.
Finally, Pope Francis, in his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia states:
We then need to peer into those thirty long years when Jesus earned his keep by the work of his hands
To conclude, the Catholic Church believes Jesus did work for a living during part of his private life, probably as a carpenter. It might not be unreasonable to assume Jesus learnt this trade from Joseph.
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