The Man with the Paralyzed Hand
1 Now He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a paralyzed hand.
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In order to accuse Him, they were watching Him closely to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath.
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He told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Stand before us."
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Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.
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After looking around at them with anger and sorrow at the hardness of their hearts, He told the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.
Ministering to the Multitude
7 Jesus departed with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude followed from Galilee, Judea,
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Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. The great multitude came to Him because they heard about everything He was doing.
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Then He told His disciples to have a small boat ready for Him, so the crowd would not crush Him.
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Since He had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touch Him.
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Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, those possessed fell down before Him and cried out, "You are the Son of God!"
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And He would strongly warn them not to make Him known.
The 12 Apostles
13 Then He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him.
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He also appointed 12-He also named them apostles-to be with Him, to send them out to preach,
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and to have authority to drive out demons.
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He appointed the Twelve: To Simon, He gave the name Peter;
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and to James the son of Zebedee, and to his brother John, He gave the name "Boanerges" (that is, "Sons of Thunder");
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Andrew; Philip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot,
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and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.