Luke 6:1-19

1On a Sabbath, he passed through the grainfields. His disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

2But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

3Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry —

4how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat? He even gave some to those who were with him.”

5Then he told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

6On another Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was shriveled.

7The scribes and Pharisees were watching him closely, to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against him.

8But he knew their thoughts and told the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he got up and stood there.

9Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

10After looking around at them all, he told him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored.

11They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

12During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.

13When daylight came, he summoned his disciples, and he chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

14Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

15Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot;

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

17After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

18They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those tormented by unclean spirits were made well.

19The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.