Bible Verses

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

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

When day arrived, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he called ‘apostles’:

Jesus went out into the hills to pray, spending the whole night in prayer with God.

But they were furious and began to discuss with one another how they could deal with Jesus.

And Jesus looked around at them all. Then he said to the man: “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored, becoming as healthy as the other.

Then he spoke to them:      “I want to ask you: what is allowed by the law on the Sabbath? To do good or to harm, to save a life or to destroy it?”

But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man:       “Get up and stand in the middle.”

and the teachers of the law and the Pharisees watched him: Would Jesus heal the man on the Sabbath? If he did, they could accuse him.

On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and began teaching. There was a man with a paralyzed right hand