Amo 7:14-15, Mat 16:17 | ESV | STEP | Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah , I was no prophet , nor a prophet’s son , but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.

Amos 7:14-15

14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, ^a“I was ^{▼▼Or am; twice in this verse} no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but ^cI was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. 15 ^dBut the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Matthew 16:17

17 And Jesus answered him, ^e“Blessed are you, ^fSimon Bar-Jonah! For ^gflesh and blood has not revealed this to you, ^hbut my Father who is in heaven.