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And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, [to see] whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him.
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But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose, and stood forth.
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Then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath-days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy [it]?
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And looking around upon 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 communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
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And it came to pass in those days, that he went out to a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
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And when it was day, he called [to him] his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named Apostles;
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Simon (whom he also named Peter) and Andrew his brother, James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,
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Matthew and Thomas, James the [son] of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes,
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And Judas [the brother] of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also was the traitor.
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And he came down with them, and stood in the plain; and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;