This Sermon by Jesus Christ, is a set of teachings that begins at the opening of Matthew chapter 5.  Christ begins teaching The Beatitudes, which He follows with the teachings of..

The 12 disciples of Jesus Christ were twelve, everyday Jewish men.  Their occupations ranged from fishermen to tax collectors.  Each of them, much like those of us in the 21st century, were going about their day-to-day lives. 

Matthew 5:1-12a - (The Beatitudes) 1) Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2) and he began to teach them. He said:

There are 27 books in the New Testament of the Protestant Christian Bible.  These 27 books can be divided into 5 different segments. These segments are: