Luke 6:1-19

11Now it happened that 2Jesus was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath, and His disciples 3were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. 2But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what 4is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 3And Jesus, answering them, said, “Have you not even read 5what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him, 4how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the 6consecrated bread, which 7is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?” 5And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

68On another Sabbath He entered 9the synagogue and taught; and a man was there 10whose right hand was withered. 7Now the scribes and the Pharisees 11were watching Him 12closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse Him. 8But He 13knew 14what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and 15come forward!” And he got up and 16came forward. 9And Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?” 10And after 17looking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so; and his hand was restored. 11But they themselves were filled with senseless rage, and began discussing together what they might do to Jesus.

12Now it was 18at this time that He went off to 19the mountain to 20pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer with God. 13And when day came, 21He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as 22apostles: 14Simon, whom He also named Peter, and his brother Andrew; and 23James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew; 15and 24Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot; 16Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

17And then Jesus 25came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was 26a large crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the coastal region of 27Tyre and Sidon, 18who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled by unclean spirits were being cured. 19And all the 28people were trying to 29touch Him, because 30power was coming from Him and healing them all.