Luke 6:1-19

1Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

2But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

3Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

4how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

5Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

6On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered.

7The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

8But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he rose 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 a life or to destroy it?”

10After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored.

11But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

12Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

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

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

15Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

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

17Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

18and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.

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