Healing on the Sabbath^(A)

^6 (B)Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered. ⁷ So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would ^(C)heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an ^(D)accusation against Him. ⁸ But He ^(E)knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Arise and stand here.” And he arose and stood.

⁴ Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

¹¹ Then He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? ¹² Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

⁵ And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the ^(A)hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored ^[a]as whole as the other. ^6 (B)Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with ^(C)the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

A Great Multitude Follows Jesus^(D)

⁷ But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, ^(E)and from Judea ⁸ and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how ^(F)many things He was doing, came to Him. ⁹ So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him. ¹⁰ For He healed ^(G)many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to ^(H)touch Him. ^11 (I)And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, ^(J)“You are the Son of God.” ¹² But ^(K)He sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.

¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

The Twelve Apostles^(A)

¹² Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in ^(B)prayer to God. ¹³ And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; ^(C)and from them He chose ^(D)twelve whom He also named apostles:

¹⁴ Then He appointed twelve, ^[a]that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have ^[b]power ^[c]to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: ^16 [d]Simon, ^(A)to whom He gave the name Peter; ¹⁷ James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”; ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.

Jesus Heals a Great Multitude^(A)

¹⁷ And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples ^(B)and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, ¹⁸ as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. ¹⁹ And the whole multitude ^(C)sought to ^(D)touch Him, for ^(E)power went out from Him and healed them all.

² Then He opened His mouth and ^(A)taught them, saying:

^11 (L)Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of ^(M)evil against you falsely for My sake. ^12 (N)Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for ^(O)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.