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Jesus replied, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
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He went into the house of God and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests can eat. He also gave some to his companions.”
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And Jesus added, “The Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath.”
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On another Sabbath day, a man with a deformed right hand was in the synagogue while Jesus was teaching.
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The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.
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But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” So the man came forward.
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Then Jesus said to his critics, “I have a question for you. Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?”
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He looked around at them one by one and then said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!
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At this, the enemies of Jesus were wild with rage and began to discuss what to do with him.
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One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
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At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Here are their names: