Luke 6:6-19

⁶On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue to teach. A man was there with a crippled right hand.

⁷The religious teachers and the Pharisees were observing Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. They wanted to find something to accuse him of.

⁸But Jesus knew what was in their minds. He told the man with the crippled hand, “Get up, and stand here in front of everyone.” The man got up and stood there.

⁹Then Jesus turned to them and said, “Let me ask you a question. Is it legal to do good on the Sabbath, or to do bad? To save life, or to destroy it?”

¹⁰He looked round at all of them there. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand became like new.

¹¹But they flew into a rage, and began to discuss what they could do to Jesus.

¹²One day shortly after, Jesus went up a mountain to pray. He remained there all night, praying to God.

¹³When morning came he called together his disciples, and chose twelve of them. These are the names of the apostles:

¹⁴Simon (also called Peter by Jesus), Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

¹⁵Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Revolutionary,

¹⁶Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot (who became a traitor).

¹⁷Jesus went back down the mountain with them, and stopped at a place where there was some flat ground. There a crowd made up of his disciples and many other people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, had gathered to listen to him and to be cured from their diseases.

¹⁸Those who were troubled by evil spirits were also healed.

¹⁹Everyone in the crowd tried to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.