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And Jesus concluded, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
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On another Sabbath Jesus went into a synagogue and taught. A man was there whose right hand was paralyzed.
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Some teachers of the Law and some Pharisees wanted a reason to accuse Jesus of doing wrong, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.
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But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man, "Stand up and come here to the front." The man got up and stood there.
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Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: What does our Law allow us to do on the Sabbath? To help or to harm? To save someone's life or destroy it?"
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He looked around at them all; then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand became well again.
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They were filled with rage and began to discuss among themselves what they could do to Jesus.
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At that time Jesus went up a hill to pray and spent the whole night there praying to God.
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When day came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he named apostles:
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Simon (whom he named Peter) and his brother Andrew; James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
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Matthew and Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon (who was called the Patriot),