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And the scribesandPhariseeswatchedhim,whether he would healon the sabbath day;that they might find an accusation against him.
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Butheknewtheirthoughts,andsaid to the manwhichhad the witheredhand,Rise up, and stand forthin the midst.And he arose and stood forth.
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ThensaidJesusuntothem,I will askyou one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to savelife,or to destroy it?
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And looking round about uponthemall, he said unto the man,Stretch forththyhand.And he didso:andhishand was restoredwholeas the other.
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Andthey were filled with madness;andcommuned one with another*whatthey might do to Jesus.
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And it came to passinthosedays, that he went outinto a mountain to pray, and continued all night*inprayer to God.
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Andwhen it wasday, he called unto him hisdisciples:andofthem he chosetwelve,whomalso he namedapostles;
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Simon,* (whom he alsonamed Peter,) andAndrewhisbrother,JamesandJohn,PhilipandBartholomew,
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MatthewandThomas,Jamesthe son of Alphaeus,andSimoncalledZelotes,
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And Judas the brother of James,andJudasIscariot,whichalsowas the traitor.
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And he came downwiththem, and stoodin the plain*, and the company of hisdisciples,and a greatmultitude of people out ofallJudaeaandJerusalem,and from the sea coast of TyreandSidon,whichcame to hearhim,and to be healedoftheirdiseases;