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and he said to them, -- `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'
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And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he goeth into the synagogue, and teacheth, and there was there a man, and his right hand was withered,
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and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.
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And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, `Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood.
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Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'
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And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;
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and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.
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And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,
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and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,
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(Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
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Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,